Ella Fitzgerald

D**'Ella Jane Fitzgerald **, gebuer de 25. Abrëll 1917 zu Newport News Virginia, a gestuerwen de 15. Juni 1996 zu Beverly Hills, Kalifornien, war eng US-amerikanesch Jazz-Sängerin. Hir Stëmm goung iwwer 3 Oktaven, a si gouf dacks "First Lady of Song" oder "Queen of Jazz" genannt. Hir Stëmm hat en helle Klank, si hat eng perfekt Diktioun an Intonatioun, a konnt besonneg beim Scat Gesang, bal wéi eng Trompett improviséieren.

D'Fitzgerald huet d'Great American Songbook interpretéiert. An hirer iwwer 60-järeger Carrière huet si 40 Milliounen Exemplaire vun den iwwer 70 Alben, déi se opgeholl hut, verkaf. Si huet 14 Grammy Awards gewonnen a krut vum Ronald Reagan d'National Medal of Arts a vum George H. W. Bush d'Presidential Medal of Freedom iwwerreecht.

## Discographie (Auswiel)

* 1938 - *A-Tisket, A-Tasket* (éischte Single-Hit mam Chick Webb)
* 1944 - *[[I'm Making Believe]]* (Nummer-Eent-Hit mat The Ink Spots)
* 1950 - *Ella Sings Gershwin*
* 1954 - *Lullabies of Birdland*
* 1954 - *Songs in a Mellow Mood*
* 1955 - *Songs from “Pete Kelly's Blues”*
* 1955 - *The First Lady Of Song* (Decca)
* 1956 - *Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook* Vol. 1 und Vol. 2
* 1956 - *Ella and Louis*
* 1956 - *Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook*
* 1957 - *Ella and Louis Again*
* 1957 - *Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook*
* 1957 - *Ella Fitzgerald at the Opera House*
* 1957 - *Like Someone in Love*
* 1957 - *Porgy and Bess*
* 1958 - *Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport*
* 1958 - *Ella Swings Lightly*
* 1958 - *Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook*
* 1959 - *Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book*
* 1960 - *Ella Fitzgerald sings Songs from the Soundtrack of Let No Man Write My Epitaph*
* 1960 - *Ella in Berlin: Mack The Knife*
* 1960 - *Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas*
* 1961 - *Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook *
* 1961 - *Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie* (Verve)
* 1962 - *Ella Swings brightly with Nelson*
* 1962 - *Ella Swings gently with Nelson*
* 1963 - *Ella Sings Broadway*
* 1963 - *Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook*
* 1963 - *On the Sunny Side of the Street - Ella and Basie*
* 1963 - *These Are the Blues* (Verve)
* 1964 - *Hello, Dolly!* (Verve)
* 1964 - *Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook*
* 1965 - *Ella at Duke's Place*
* 1965 - *Ella in Hamburg* (Verve)
* 1967 - *Whisper Not*
* 1967 - *Brighten the Corner* (Capitol Records)
* 1967 - *Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas* (Capitol Records)
* 1968 - *30 by Ella* (Capitol Records)
* 1968 - *Misty Blue* (Capitol Records)
* 1969 - *Sunshine of Your Love* (Capitol Records)
* 1969 - *Ella* (Reprise Records)
* 1970 - *Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)* (Reprise Records)
* 1971 - *Ella A Nice* (Pablo)
* 1972 - *Ella Loves Cole* (Atlantic Records)
* 1973 - *Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall* (Columbia Records)
* 1973 - *Take Love Easy* (Pablo)
* 1974 - *Fine And Mellow* (Pablo)
* 1974 - *Ella in London* (Pablo)
* 1974 - *Ella and Oscar* (Pablo)
* 1975 - *At the Montreux Festival* (Pablo)
* 1977 - *With The Tommy Flanagan Trio, Montreux '77* (Pablo)
* 1978 - *Dream Dancing*
* 1980 - *Ella Abraça Jobim | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook*
* 1990 - *All That Jazz*

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