Ella Fitzgerald might be the de facto queen of jazz, but she wasn't afraid to deliver a rock cover or two in the 1960s.

Ella had her own complaints about the pace ... into the lyric to Cole Porter's "Let's Do It." Still, at age 50, Fitzgerald remained one of the greatest interpreters of American popular song ...

Ella Fitzgerald, born on April 25 ... a popular nightclub in the 50s. “She personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it ...

Ella Fitzgerald made singing feel like thinking ... celebrated recording dates of Fitzgerald’s career, the late-’50s songbook ...

Affectionately dubbed as "The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald’s amazing voice thrilled music fans for decades during her impeccable live performances. Even following her death in 1996 at ...

In addition to the songbooks, Ella Fitzgerald recorded 20 other albums ... but during the late 50s and early 60s, they teamed up for three full-length studio albums, including a reimagining ...

The title of “Becoming Ella Fitzgerald,” Judith Tick’s incisive, doggedly researched new biography of the 20th century’s preeminent songstress, suggests action and movement. This is no ...

BECOMING ELLA FITZGERALD: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song, by Judith Tick Ella Fitzgerald was born in 1917 in Newport News, Va., but spent most of her childhood in a poor section of ...

In early 1933, a 15-year-old Ella Fitzgerald spent many a day dancing for dimes and nickels on the sidewalks of Yonkers, N.Y. At least she did until a truant officer caught her and hauled her to ...

How many Broadway shows has Ella Fitzgerald been in? Ella Fitzgerald has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows. How many West End shows has Ella Fitzgerald been in? Ella Fitzgerald has not appeared in ...