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Salon Behind Ella Fitzgerald’s flirtation with reefer songs
Behind Ella Fitzgerald’s flirtation with reefer songs
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How Fitzgerald moved from a nursery rhyme to a song about cocaine says more about jazz than it does Fitzgerald
109 months ago
Newsweek Who knew there was so much behind Ella Fitzgerald's music?
The subtext behind Ella Fitzgerald's music, and what it says about jazz | Opinion
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“The First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 on Tuesday, April 25: institutions from the Library of Congress to the Grammy Museum will be honoring her amazing contributions to the jazz canon.
109 months ago
Newsweek INT. "The First Lady of Song" Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 on Tuesday, April 25: institutions from the Library of Congress to the Grammy Museum will be honoring her amazing contributions to the jazz canon.
The subtext behind Ella Fitzgerald's music, and what it says about jazz | Opinion
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“The First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 on Tuesday, April 25: institutions from the Library of Congress to the Grammy Museum will be honoring her amazing contributions to the jazz canon.
109 months ago
NPR In a career that spanned six decades, Ella Fitzgerald recorded hundreds of songs, including definitive versions of many standards.
Remembering Ella Fitzgerald, Who Made Great Songs Greater
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On her 100th birthday, Tony Bennett, Cécile McLorin Salvant and others pay tribute to the woman whose voice and vivacity redefined the Great American Songbook.
109 months ago
Life.com Ella Fitzgerald was born 100 years ago today. From record covers to sheet music to advertisements, these are some of the artifacts of her life that trace her path to fame. See the Smithsonian exhibition 'The First Lady of Song: Ella Fitzgerald at 100 Read more ... ,' which will be on view at the National Museum of American History.
Celebrating Ella Fitzgerald's Life Through the Objects That Defined Her Career
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Her voice helped define the sound of American life.
109 months ago
NPR "Despite whatever difficulties she had in her life, you could hear the joy."
Early Hardship Couldn't Muffle Ella Fitzgerald's Joy
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Before she became First Lady of Song, Fitzgerald navigated childhood loss, poverty and homelessness — always with music as her refuge.
109 months ago
Los Angeles Times Entertainment There are numerous projects showcasing the life of Ella Fitzgerald, the first African American Grammy winner , as her 100th birthday approaches.
The Grammy Museum and others to honor Ella Fitzgerald on her 100th birthday
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A series of exhibits will showcase rare artifacts, recordings and stage costumes.
111 months ago
The New York Times “It’s not easy for me to get up in front of a crowd of people. It used to bother me a lot, but now I’ve got it figured out that God gave me this talent to use, so I just stand there and sing.” — Ella Fitzgerald
The Surprisingly Quiet Ella Fitzgerald
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A listener would not have realized it hearing her crooning, belting or scatting, but Ella Fitzgerald was a quiet person i...
120 months ago
AP Images #TodayInHistory: On June 15, 1996, Ella Fitzgerald, the "first lady of song," died in Beverly Hills, California, at age 79. #OTD
Photo Caption: Jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald and trumpeter Roy Eldridge pose for photographers after arriving at the air Read more ... port in Hamburg, West Germany on Feb. 15, 1954 for a tour of Germany with other top jazz figures. They were scheduled to appear before German audiences on promoter/producer Norman Grayz' "Jazz at the Philharmonic." #APPhoto by Brueggeman
120 months ago
Life.com Ella Fitzgerald performed at the 1972 Super Bowl halftime show. Did Beyonce do her proud?
Ella and Friends: Portraits of the Queen of Jazz and Other Greats
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On Ella Fitzgerald's birthday, LIFE.com celebrates the one and only Queen of Jazz and other musical icons, as seen through photographer Eliot Elisofon's singular lens.
124 months ago