Ella Fitzgerald was a famous jazz singer from the USA, known as the First Lady of Song. She had a clear, beautiful voice and could sing many styles. Ella made over 200 albums and sang more than 2,000 ...

She wasn’t a beauty, like Lena Horne. She wasn’t sensuous, like Eartha Kitt, or homely, like Peggy Lee. ‘When a girl comes up and looks like me,’ she once said, ‘she just can’t get a chance.’ But Ella ...

Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) was a gifted American jazz artist. She had a warm and lovely voice, with notable rhythmic sense, versatility, and intonation, as well as exceptional talent at scat singing.

On April 25, 1917, legendary jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald is born in Newport News, Virginia. She was called “The First Lady of Song,” an honor whose meaning is captured in a compliment paid to her by ...

When I was a child, one of my favorite holiday albums was Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas. I would put the disc on my record player, look at the psychedelic album cover, and lose myself in the ...

“The First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 on April 25: Institutions from the Library of Congress to the Grammy Museum will be honoring her amazing contributions to the jazz canon.

While the rest of her peers were drowning in late-night whiskey binges and struggling to croon through dope sickness, Ella Fitzgerald maintained a honeyed voice, perfect pitch, and a milquetoast ...

Hear two versions of Ella's 1938 smash, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket." The first was recorded in 1938 by the Chick Webb Orchestra. The later version was from a 1973 Newport Jazz Festival concert at New York's ...

Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) was a gifted American jazz artist. She had a warm and lovely voice, with notable rhythmic sense, versatility, and intonation, as well as exceptional talent at scat singing.

In 1988, I attended Ella Fitzgerald's 70th birthday concert at Carnegie Hall. It was the only time I've witnessed someone receive a standing ovation just for walking out on stage, such was the esteem ...