Ella Fitzgerald

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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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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

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My Man’s Gone Now notablePerformer Ella Fitzgerald
Love and Marriage performedBy Ella Fitzgerald
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Time After Time hasNotablePerformer Ella Fitzgerald
Jeepers Creepers hasNotablePerformer Ella Fitzgerald
That Old Black Magic hasNotablePerformer Ella Fitzgerald
Skylark hasNotableCoverVersionBy Ella Fitzgerald
Blues in the Night hasNotableRecordingBy Ella Fitzgerald
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive coveredBy Ella Fitzgerald
Goody Goody hasNotableRecording Ella Fitzgerald
I'm Old Fashioned hasNotablePerformer Ella Fitzgerald
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Dream hasNotablePerformer Ella Fitzgerald
But Beautiful hasNotablePerformer Ella Fitzgerald
Here’s That Rainy Day coveredBy Ella Fitzgerald
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Darn That Dream notablePerformer Ella Fitzgerald
Like Someone in Love usedAsAlbumTitleBy Ella Fitzgerald
I’ve Got the World on a String notableRecordingBy Ella Fitzgerald
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It’s Only a Paper Moon hasNotablePerformer Ella Fitzgerald
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Out of This World hasNotablePerformer Ella Fitzgerald
I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) notableRecordingBy Ella Fitzgerald
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Milt Gabler workedWith Ella Fitzgerald
Am I Blue hasPerformer Ella Fitzgerald
Caterina Valente performedWith Ella Fitzgerald
Jazz à Juan hasNotablePerformer Ella Fitzgerald
Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California, United States hasNotableBurial Ella Fitzgerald
subject surface form: Inglewood Park Cemetery
Ed Shaughnessy performedWith Ella Fitzgerald
Glad to Be Unhappy hasNotablePerformer Ella Fitzgerald
Howard Theatre hostedPerformer Ella Fitzgerald
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