Ella fitzgerald biography part 107
Ella Fitzgerald was an influential American jazz singer.!
Ella Fitzgerald, known as “The First Lady of Song,” was a revolutionary American jazz singer who performed all over the world. Her signature style included her iconic vocal range, clear tone and ability to improvise with her hallmark scat singing.
From big band to bebop to Broadway, standards, pop and R&B, throughout her career, Ella Fitzgerald recorded over albums and 2, songs.
Her many awards and accolades are a reflection of the colossal inspiration she was to many.
Ella Fitzgerald was born on April 25, 1917, in Newport News, Virginia to mother, Temperance (Tempie) Henry and father, William Fitzgerald.
A few years after her birth, Fitzgerald’s parents separated and her mother met her new partner, Joseph da Silva. Fitzgerald and her mother moved to Yonkers, New York to move in with da Silva. Frances, Fitzgerald’s half-sister, was born in 1923.
The two women remained close for the rest of Fitzgerald’s life.
Instant ebooks textbook Ella Fitzgerald A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz Updated Edition Stuart Nicholson download all chapters.Fitzgerald was a great student. She lived in a diverse neighborhood and made friends easily by playing games and sports in the street. Fitzgerald also loved dancing and singing, often catching shows at th