Ella Fitzgerald
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 28 years ago |
| Date of birth | April 25,1917 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Newport News |
| Virginia | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | June 15,1996 |
| Died | Beverly Hills |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Height | 164 (cm) |
| Movies/Shows | Ride 'Em Cowboy |
| A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim | |
| Pete Kelly's Blues | |
| Let No Man Write My Epitaph | |
| Jazz Icons | |
| The Savoy King: Chick Webb and the Music That Changed America | |
| The Carpenters: Music, Music, Music | |
| St. Louis Blues | |
| Improvisation | |
| All My Life | |
| Listen artist | www.youtube.com |
| Spouse | Ray Brown |
| Benny Kornegay | |
| Children | Ray Brown Jr. |
| Parents | Temperance Fitzgerald |
| William Fitzgerald | |
| Albums | Ella and Louis |
| Ella Fitzgerald Sings th... | |
| Grandchildren | Alice Brown |
| Nephew | Ray Brown Jr. |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 412869 |
NEA Jazz Masters
Grammy Hall of Fame
Kennedy Center Honors
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
National Medal of Arts
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
American Music Award of Merit
NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award
Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
George Peabody Medal
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist
George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement
Ella Fitzgerald Life story
Ella Jane Fitzgerald was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.
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Samara Joy brought back old-school jazz. It won her two Grammys
... Although she only took up jazz five years ago, she s already won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, and been awarded the Ella Fitzgerald Memorial Scholarship...
Soul singer Celeste wins Brits Rising Star award
... The first music I heard was my granddad playing Aretha Franklin and then later Ella Fitzgerald and Otis Redding, she said, citing the likes of Solange and Neneh Cherry as more modern inspirations...
Ella Fitzgerald Photos
