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Ella Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, Virginia in 1917. Orphaned as a teenager she wound up in a reformatory, escaped, and was living on the streets of Harlem when she was discovered by Chick Webb. She went on to have one of the longest careers in jazz, spanning decades, had an extensive discography of recordings and received numerous awards including a Kennedy Center Award, honorary doctorate degrees from Dartmouth and Yale, and thirteen Grammys. Fitzgerald was known for her three-octave vocal range, diction, and flawless intonation, as well as her trademark scat vocalisations. She died on June 15, 1996 at the age of 79, of diabetic complications.

Resources in This Category

• Ella Fitzgerald

  http://www.ellafitzgerald.com/
  Official website including biography, quotes, awards, screensavers and recordings.

• Ella Fitzgerald - First Lady of Song

  http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9708/ella.html
  Library of Congress article.

• Ella Fitzgerald Fan Page

  http://web.tiscali.it/ellafitzgerald/
  Flash based photos and samples in English and Italian.

• Ella Fitzgerald, 1917 - 1996

  http://museum.media.org/ella/
  Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song. Essays, discography and links.

• Ella Swings Gently - The Ella Fitzgerald Pages

  http://www.spingal.plus.com/ella/
  Includes biographies of Ella as well as collaborators Norman Granz and Nelson Riddle.

• Ella!

  http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/janelleolmer/
  Biography, song list, pictures, and references.

• Redsugar's Ella Fitzgerald Page

  http://www.redsugar.com/ella.html
  An essay in tribute.

• Todd Peach's Ella Fitzgerald page

  http://www.thepeaches.com/music/ella/
  Includes a lot of Ella lyrics.

• Topix: Ella Fitzgerald

  http://www.topix.com/rss/who/ella-fitzgerald.xml
  News about Ella Fitzgerald, collected from various sources on the web.

• Verve Records: Ella Fitzgerald

  http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/ellafitzgerald
  Soundclips for her entire label discography.

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