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  1. Jun 1, 2005 · Born in Newport News, Virginia in 1917, Ella Fitzgerald moved with her mother to New York after the death of her father. Living in Yonkers, Fitzgerald attended public school, where she sang in the ...

  2. Over the course of her career, she recorded over 200 albums and more than 2,000 songs, and sold more than 40 million albums. Image Credit. Birthday: April 25, 1917 ( Taurus) Born In: Newport News, Virginia, United States. Jazz Singers #3. Singers #549. Quick Facts. Also Known As: Ella Jane Fitzgerald. Died At Age: 79.

  3. Ella Jane Fitzgerald. First Lady of Song. Lady Ella. Vocalist, Bandleader, Composer. (1917 - 1996) Accounts of Ella Fitzgerald’s childhood are conflicting, but it is clear that she grew up in poverty and was orphaned at a young age.

  4. Dubbed “The First Lady of Song,” Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. Her voice was flexible, wide-ranging, accurate and ageless. She could sing sultry ballads, sweet jazz and imitate every ...

  5. Ella Fitzgerald was born in 1917 in Newport News, Virginia, United States to William and Temperance "Tempie" Fitzgerald. Soon after Ella was born, her parents separated. She went to live in Yonkers, New York with her mother and her mother's boyfriend, Joseph Da Silva. In 1923, Fitzgerald's half-sister, Frances Da Silva, was born. When she was a ...

  6. Jan 19, 2009 · Writer-director Charlotte Zwerin's documentary on jazz vocal icon Ella Fitzgerald was originally produced for Public Television's American Masters series. Th...

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  7. Ella Fitzgerald was a 15 year-old street kid when she won a talent contest in 1934 at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Within months she was a star. “Ella: Just One of Those Things” follows her extraordinary journey over six decades as her sublime voice transforms the tragedies of her own life and the troubles of her times into joy. The film ...