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  2. Honorific nicknames in popular music - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] In the 1930s and 1940s, as jazz and swing music were gaining popularity, it was the more commercially successful white artists Paul Whiteman and Benny Goodman who became known as "the King of Jazz" and "the King of Swing" respectively, despite there being more highly regarded contemporary African-American artists.

  3. Ella Fitzgerald albums discography - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. List of jazz musicians - Wikipedia

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    Do not enter names that lack sources. Accordion. Kamil Běhounek (1916–1983) [1] [2] Luciano Biondini (born 1971) Asmund Bjørken (1933–2018) Stian Carstensen ...

  5. Ray Brown (musician) - Wikipedia

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    Ray Brown was born on October 13, 1926, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and took piano lessons as a child. [1] After noticing how many pianists attended his high school, he thought of taking up the trombone, but his father was unable to afford one.

  6. List of YouTubers - Wikipedia

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    YouTubers are people mostly known for their work on the video sharing platform YouTube. The following is a list of YouTubers for whom Wikipedia has articles either under their own name or their YouTube channel name. This list excludes people who, despite having a YouTube presence, are primarily known for their work elsewhere.

  7. Ray Brown Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Also included on the album is Brown's second daughter who went by the stage name 'Haylee' singing "A-Tisket, A-Tasket", which was made famous by her grandmother. There is also a bonus track with Brown's parents in a live version of "How High the Moon" with Ella Fitzgerald and Brown Jr. on vocals and Ray Brown playing bass.

  8. Ella Fitzgerald - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book - Wikipedia

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    Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book is a 1957 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, focusing on Ellington's songs. Part of Fitzgerald's "Song Book" series, it is the only one where the composer is also featured as a performer and the first occasion Fitzgerald ...