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Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born on April 25, 1917, in Newport News, Virginia. [2] She was the daughter of William Ashland Fitzgerald, a transfer wagon driver from Blackstone, Virginia, and Temperance "Tempie" Henry, both described as mulatto in the 1920 census. [3]
Fitzgerald in 1962 This article contains a list of awards and accolades won by and awarded to American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. Awards and accolades Awards, citations and honors National Medal of Arts Honorary membership of Alpha Kappa Alpha (1960) American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers highest honor (1965) Bing Crosby Lifetime Achievement Award (1967) Hollywood Walk of Fame ...
Women in jazz have contributed throughout the many eras of jazz history, both as performers and as composers, songwriters and bandleaders. While women such as Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald were famous for their jazz singing, women have achieved much less recognition for their contributions as composers, bandleaders and instrumental performers.
R&B legend, Detroit native and Grammy nominee Freda Payne is bringing jazz luminary Ella Fitzgerald back to life onstage at Meadow Brook Theatre’s “Ella, First Lady of Song,” opening this ...
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.
(as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) 15 — "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) [27] — — "Shake Down the Stars" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) 18 — "Take It from the Top" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) [28] — — "Gulf Coast Blues" (as Ella Fitzgerald ...
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe explored Monroe’s advocacy for racial equality, particular when it came to famed jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. “My very favorite person, and I love her as a person as ...
The song was released in eight recordings in 1949—including well-known versions by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan, Hot Lips Page and Pearl Bailey, and by Dean Martin and Marilyn Maxwell—and has been covered numerous times since.