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Fitzgerald continued recording with Webb until his death in 1939, after which the group was renamed Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra. With the introduction of 10" and 12" Long-Playing records in the late 1940s, Decca released several original albums of Fitzgerald's music and reissued many of her previous single-only releases. From 1935 ...
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, 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 , absolute pitch , and a "horn-like" improvisational ability ...
(as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) [26] 1940 — — non-album singles "Starlit Hour" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) 17 — "Sing Song Swing" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) 23 — "Imagination" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) 15 — "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" (as Ella Fitzgerald and ...
Ella is a 1969 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald and the first of two albums she recorded for the Warner Bros. owned Reprise label. This album continues the theme set on Fitzgerald's previous album, consisting in the main part of cover versions of popular songs from the late 1960s.
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [ 4 ] Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book is a 1956 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald , with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman , focusing on the songs written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart .
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide [ 2 ] Lady Time is a 1978 (see 1978 in music ) studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald , accompanied by the unusual combination of an organist, Jackie Davis , and a drummer, Louie Bellson .
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book is a box set by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald that contains songs by George and Ira Gershwin with arrangements by Nelson Riddle. It was produced by Norman Granz, Fitzgerald's manager and the founder of Verve Records. Fifty-nine songs were recorded in the span of eight months in ...
Things Ain't What They Used to Be is a 1970 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald - the final album that Fitzgerald recorded on the Reprise Records label. The album was re-issued on CD with alternative artwork in 1989. It was released together on one CD with Ella's first album recorded for Reprise label, Ella.