Monday, April 25, 2016

Happy (99) Birthday Ella ...


First Lady of Song - Ms. Ella Fitzgerald would celebrate birthday 99 today.  The Queen of Scat, Articulation and Tone.   She was an American jazz and song vocalist who interpreted much of the Great American Songbook.

Following a troubled childhood, Ella Fitzgerald turned to singing and debuted at the Apollo Theater in 1934. Discovered in an amateur contest, she went on to became the top female jazz singer for decades. In 1958, Fitzgerald made history as the first African-American woman to win a Grammy Award. Due in no small part to her vocal quality, with lucid intonation and a broad range, the singer would go on to win 13 Grammys in total and sell more than 40 million albums. Her multi-volume "songbooks" on Verve Records are among America's recording treasures. Fitzgerald died in California in 1996.

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