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.

Aliases (3)

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 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, United States →
placeOfDeath	Beverly Hills, California, United States →
recordLabel	Decca Records → Pablo Records → Verve Records →
residence	New York City, New York, United States →
sexOrGender	female →
spouse	Benny Kornegay → Ray Brown →

Referenced by (41)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Georgia on My Mind → Get Happy → I Could Write a Book → My Funny Valentine → You Took Advantage of Me →	notablePerformer
Baby, It’s Cold Outside → Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered → Silver Bells →	coveredBy
Isn't It Romantic? → Lover (jazz standard) → Mountain Greenery →	hasNotablePerformer
Blue Moon → Have You Met Miss Jones? → Where or When →	hasNotableRecordingBy
My Romance → The Lady Is a Tramp → The Surrey with the Fringe on Top →	notableRecordingBy
Louis Armstrong → Louis Armstrong →	influenced
As Time Goes By → With a Song in My Heart →	recordedBy
Louis Armstrong →	associatedAct
Duke Ellington →	collaboratedWith
Verve Records →	distributionLabelFor
Verve Records →	foundedBy
Ella Fitzgerald ("Ella Jane Fitzgerald") →	fullName
Hello, Dolly! (song) →	hasCoverVersionBy
Inglewood Park Cemetery →	hasNotableBurial
I Have Dreamed →	hasNotableCoverVersionBy
Kennedy Center Honors →	hasNotableHonoree
Mountain Greenery ("Ella Fitzgerald – “Mountain Greenery”") →	hasNotableRecording
Stardust →	hasNotableVersionBy
Nice Jazz Festival →	hasParticipant
Apollo Theater →	helpedLaunchCareerOf
Sir Duke →	mentions
Verve Records →	notableArtist
Stardust →	notableInterpreter
I Could Write a Book →	notablePerformanceBy
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award →	notableRecipient
This Can't Be Love →	notableRecordingArtist
Queen of Jazz ("American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald") →	usedFor