Ella Fitzgerald
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photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 | |
Ella Jane Fitzgerald | |
First Lady of Song | |
April 25, 1917 Newport News, Virginia | |
June 15, 1996 (aged 79) Beverly Hills, California | |
Swing, traditional pop, vocal jazz | |
Vocalist | |
Piano | |
1934–1993 | |
Capitol, Decca, Pablo, Reprise,Verve | |
Official website |
Fitzgerald was a notable interpreter of the Great American Songbook.[3] Over the course of her 59-year recording career, she sold 40 million copies of her 70-plus albums, won 13Grammy Awards and was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Ronald Reagan and thePresidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush.
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