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 ...

In 1957 Ella Fitzgerald turned 40 years old ... She kept up a fair degree of success in the late 1940s and early 50s on the Decca label, but her career took a significant turn when jazz impresario ...

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

Ella Fitzgerald at the Newport Jazz Festival in ... most celebrated recording dates of Fitzgerald’s career, the late-’50s songbook sessions where Fitzgerald breathed immortality into the ...

Meanwhile, Spokane was still buzzing over the fair’s entertainment closer, Ella Fitzgerald. She played two concerts, one to close the fair, and one to open the Spokane Symphony’s season.

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 ...