Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald is widely considered to be one of the greatest performers of all time, a woman whose voice and stage presence was unlike anything else in the entertainment business.

Explore the catalog of “The First Lady of Song” with tracks chosen by Valerie June, Yaya Bey, Imani Perry and 13 more writers ...

As a result of Webb’s death, she became the lead singer of the band, which was renamed “Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Band,” in 1939. Fitzgerald and trumpeter Roy Eldridge toured together ...

One hundred and one years after her birth and two decades after her death, Ella Fitzgerald’s voice still sounds like your best day, your most clever retort, your most glamorous party.

And she would grab Ella’s arm and together they went in.” The two stars remained good friends until Monroe’s death in 1962 at age 36 from an apparent drug overdose. Fitzgerald persevered.

Singer Ella Fitzgerald, one of the 20th century’s ... Andrea Hecht. The cause of death was not immediately reported. “She passed away during the night,” said lawyer Richard Rosman.

Getty Images/John Downing Thursday, June 15, marks famous American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald’s 21st death anniversary ... separated shortly after her birth and Fitzgerald and her mother ...

In 1963, at the height of the civil rights movement, Ella Fitzgerald ... look at Fitzgerald's life and career, from being discovered as a homeless teen in New York at 16, to her death from ...

One hundred and one years after her birth and two decades after her death, Ella Fitzgerald’s voice still sounds like your best day, your most clever retort, your most glamorous party.