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Ella Fitzgerald Full Discography Torrent Rating: 8,4/10 2832 votes
Explore releases and tracks from Ella Fitzgerald at Discogs. Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from Ella Fitzgerald at the Discogs Marketplace. Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald: The Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions (1934-1941) This eight-disc collection, spanning 187 tracks and a dozen years (stretching wider than the title suggests), can be appreciated on several levels.
• • • • • Website Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer 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,, and a 'horn-like' improvisational ability, particularly in her. After a tumultuous adolescence, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Orchestra, performing across the country but most often associated with the in Harlem. Fitzgerald's rendition of the nursery rhyme ' helped boost both her and Webb to national fame. After taking over the band when Webb died, Fitzgerald left it behind in 1942 to start her solo career. Her manager was Moe Gale, co-founder of the Savoy, until she turned the rest of her career over to, who founded to produce new records by Fitzgerald.
With Verve she recorded some of her more widely noted works, particularly her interpretations of the. While Fitzgerald appeared in movies and as a guest on popular television shows in the second half of the twentieth century, her musical collaborations with,, and were some of her most notable acts outside of her solo career. These partnerships produced some of her best-known songs such as ', ', ', and '. In 1993, she ended her nearly 60-year career with her last public performance. Three years later, she died at the age of 79 after years of declining health. Her accolades included fourteen, the, and the.
Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] Fitzgerald was born on April 25, 1917, in Newport News, Virginia. She was the daughter of William Fitzgerald and Temperance 'Tempie' Henry. Her parents were unmarried but lived together for at least two and a half years after she was born. In the early 1920s, Fitzgerald's mother and her new partner, a Portuguese immigrant named Joseph Da Silva, moved to Yonkers, in Westchester County, New York, as part of the first of African Americans. Initially living in a single room, her mother and Da Silva soon found jobs. Her half-sister, Frances Da Silva, was born in 1923. By 1925, Fitzgerald and her family had moved to nearby School Street, a poor Italian area.
She began her formal education at the age of six and was an outstanding student, moving through a variety of schools before attending Benjamin Franklin Junior High School in 1929. Starting in third grade, Fitzgerald loved dancing and admired. She performed for her peers on the way to school and at lunchtime. She and her family were and were active in the Bethany. She regularly attended worship services, Bible study, and Sunday school.
Ella Fitzgerald Full Discography Torrent Rating: 8,4/10 2832 votes
Explore releases and tracks from Ella Fitzgerald at Discogs. Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from Ella Fitzgerald at the Discogs Marketplace. Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald: The Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions (1934-1941) This eight-disc collection, spanning 187 tracks and a dozen years (stretching wider than the title suggests), can be appreciated on several levels.
• • • • • Website Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer 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,, and a 'horn-like' improvisational ability, particularly in her. After a tumultuous adolescence, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Orchestra, performing across the country but most often associated with the in Harlem. Fitzgerald's rendition of the nursery rhyme ' helped boost both her and Webb to national fame. After taking over the band when Webb died, Fitzgerald left it behind in 1942 to start her solo career. Her manager was Moe Gale, co-founder of the Savoy, until she turned the rest of her career over to, who founded to produce new records by Fitzgerald.
With Verve she recorded some of her more widely noted works, particularly her interpretations of the. While Fitzgerald appeared in movies and as a guest on popular television shows in the second half of the twentieth century, her musical collaborations with,, and were some of her most notable acts outside of her solo career. These partnerships produced some of her best-known songs such as ', ', ', and '. In 1993, she ended her nearly 60-year career with her last public performance. Three years later, she died at the age of 79 after years of declining health. Her accolades included fourteen, the, and the.
Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] Fitzgerald was born on April 25, 1917, in Newport News, Virginia. She was the daughter of William Fitzgerald and Temperance 'Tempie' Henry. Her parents were unmarried but lived together for at least two and a half years after she was born. In the early 1920s, Fitzgerald's mother and her new partner, a Portuguese immigrant named Joseph Da Silva, moved to Yonkers, in Westchester County, New York, as part of the first of African Americans. Initially living in a single room, her mother and Da Silva soon found jobs. Her half-sister, Frances Da Silva, was born in 1923. By 1925, Fitzgerald and her family had moved to nearby School Street, a poor Italian area.
She began her formal education at the age of six and was an outstanding student, moving through a variety of schools before attending Benjamin Franklin Junior High School in 1929. Starting in third grade, Fitzgerald loved dancing and admired. She performed for her peers on the way to school and at lunchtime. She and her family were and were active in the Bethany. She regularly attended worship services, Bible study, and Sunday school.