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Ella Fitzgerald: Biography
Birth Name:
Ella Jane Fitzgerald
Birth Place:
Newport News, VA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
04/25/1917, Taurus
Date of Death:
06/15/1996
Profession:
Jazz singer
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Ella Fitzgerald Fast Facts:
Created her fluid style by trying to imitate the horns in the band.
In 1934, she entered the Apollo Theatre's Amateur Night contest as a dancer, but opted to sing instead and won the prize.
Drummer Chick Webb was her legal guardian for a brief time after her mother died.
The glass that Fitzgerald shattered during the famous "Is it live or is it Memorex?" commercials resides in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.
Received the Kennedy Center Honors award in 1979, the National Medal of Arts in 1987 and France's Commander of Arts and Letters in 1990.
Ella Fitzgerald Relationships:
Benjamin Kornegay - Ex-husband
France Da Silva - Half Sister
Joseph Da Silva - Stepfather
Ray Brown - Ex-husband
Ray Brown Jr. - Son
Temperance Fitzgerald - Mother
William Fitzgerald - Father
Ella Fitzgerald Awards:
1959 Grammy: Best Jazz Performance – Soloist - Winner
1958 Grammy: Best Jazz Performance, Individual - Winner
1976 Grammy: Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female - Winner
1979 Grammy: Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female - Winner
1980 Grammy: Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female - Winner
1981 Grammy: Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female - Winner
1983 Grammy: Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female - Winner
1990 Grammy: Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female - Winner
1960 Grammy: Best Vocal Performance Album, Female - Winner
1960 Grammy: Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Female - Winner
1958 Grammy: Best Vocal Performance, Female - Winner
1959 Grammy: Best Vocal Performance, Female - Winner
1962 Grammy: Best Vocal Performance, Female - Winner
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