Ella Fitzgerald

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human jazz singer recording artist vocalist

Ella Fitzgerald was an iconic American jazz singer renowned as the “First Lady of Song” for her pure tone, impeccable diction, and virtuosic scat singing.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Ella Fitzgerald canonical	294
Ella Jane Fitzgerald	2
American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald	1
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong	1
Ella Fitzgerald – “Mountain Greenery”	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ jazz singer ⓘ recording artist ⓘ vocalist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1993 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1934 ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award ⓘ Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ National Medal of Arts ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
causeOfDeath	diabetes-related complications ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Count Basie ⓘ Duke Ellington ⓘ Louis Armstrong ⓘ Norman Granz ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1917-04-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1996-06-15 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	African American ⓘ
familyName	Fitzgerald ⓘ
fullName	Ella Fitzgerald self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ella Jane Fitzgerald
genre	bebop ⓘ jazz ⓘ swing ⓘ traditional pop ⓘ
givenName	Ella ⓘ
instrument	voice ⓘ
knownFor	Songbook recordings ⓘ improvisation ⓘ scat singing ⓘ
memberOf	Chick Webb Orchestra ⓘ
nickname	First Lady of Song ⓘ Lady Ella ⓘ Queen of Jazz ⓘ
notableFeature	impeccable diction ⓘ pure tone ⓘ wide vocal range ⓘ
notableWork	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book ⓘ Ella and Louis ⓘ Ella and Louis Again ⓘ
numberOfGrammyAwards	13 ⓘ
occupation	jazz musician ⓘ singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Newport News, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Newport News, Virginia, United States
placeOfDeath	Beverly Hills, California, United States ⓘ
recordLabel	Decca Records ⓘ Pablo Records ⓘ Verve Records ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
spouse	Benny Kornegay ⓘ Ray Brown ⓘ

Referenced by (299)

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Kennedy Center Honors → hasNotableHonoree → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Louis Armstrong → associatedAct → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Ella Fitzgerald → fullName → Ella Fitzgerald self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ella Jane Fitzgerald

The Surrey with the Fringe on Top → notableRecordingBy → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Nice Jazz Festival → hasParticipant → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Apollo Theater → helpedLaunchCareerOf → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Pops → influenced → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

subject surface form: Louis Armstrong

Hello, Dolly! → hasCoverVersionBy → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

subject surface form: Hello, Dolly! (song)

Get Happy → notablePerformer → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Satch → influenced → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

subject surface form: Louis Armstrong

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award → notableRecipient → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Stardust → notableInterpreter → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Stardust → hasNotableVersionBy → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Duke Ellington → collaboratedWith → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Verve Records → foundedBy → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Verve Records → notableArtist → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Verve Records → distributionLabelFor → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Georgia on My Mind → notablePerformer → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Silver Bells → coveredBy → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Baby, It’s Cold Outside → coveredBy → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

As Time Goes By → recordedBy → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Inglewood Park Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Sir Duke → mentions → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Mountain Greenery (song) → hasNotablePerformer → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

subject surface form: Mountain Greenery

Mountain Greenery (song) → hasNotableRecording → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

subject surface form: Mountain Greenery

this entity surface form: Ella Fitzgerald – “Mountain Greenery”

Where or When (song) → hasNotableRecordingBy → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

subject surface form: Where or When

Isn't It Romantic? (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

subject surface form: Isn't It Romantic?

I Could Write a Book (jazz standard) → notablePerformanceBy → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

subject surface form: I Could Write a Book

Lover (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Blue Moon → hasNotableRecordingBy → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

My Funny Valentine → notablePerformer → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

The Lady Is a Tramp → notableRecordingBy → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered → coveredBy → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

This Can't Be Love → notableRecordingArtist → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Have You Met Miss Jones? → hasNotableRecordingBy → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

I Could Write a Book → notablePerformer → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

With a Song in My Heart → recordedBy → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

You Took Advantage of Me → notablePerformer → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

My Romance → notableRecordingBy → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

I Have Dreamed → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Falling in Love with Love → hasNotableRecordingArtist → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Super Bowl VI → halftimeShow → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

First Lady of Song → refersTo → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Queen of Jazz → refersTo → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Queen of Jazz → appliedTo → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Queen of Jazz → honorificFor → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Queen of Jazz → usedFor → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

this entity surface form: American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald

Queen of Jazz → notableBearer → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Ella and Louis → performer → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Ella and Louis → vocalist → Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ