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Ella Fitzgerald: Biography

Ella Fitzgerald
  • 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:
  • 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
  • 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
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