An appreciation of the legendary jazz vocalist on her 100th birthday One hundred years ago today, Temperance and William Fitzgerald had a baby girl in Newport News, Va. They named her Ella Jane ...

Read the lyrics of Ain’t Misbehavin' and find the details about artists who have beautifully covered this jazz standard in ...

"The First Lady of Song" Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 on Tuesday, April 25: institutions from the Library of Congress to the Grammy Museum will be honoring her amazing contributions to ...

Ella Fitzgerald, who died in 1996 at age 79, remains the ultimate female jazz singer. It’s easy to treasure Billie Holiday’s interpretive depth, Sarah Vaughan’s extraordinary vocal range ...

Jazz queen Ella Fitzgerald’s custom ’59 Mercedes-Benz 300D Cabriolet is jaw-dropping in its price and beauty Annie Leibovitz famously photographed the singer with the car — a framed copy ...

When the concert to celebrate the centennial of jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald is billed in part as 100 Years, 1,000 Memories, it feels right to start this story with one of ...

‘Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things’ Is A Thorough Overview Of The Queen Of Jazz By Benjamin H. Smith @ bhsmithnyc Published Oct. 11, 2021, 2:00 p.m. ET ...

Jazz and history buffs know about the young Ella Fitzgerald’s first nervous performance at Harlem’s famed Apollo Theater. The new book marks that pivotal moment in the life of the would-be dancer and ...

PHOTOS: Google Doodle’s of 2013 Fitzgerald was born April 25, 1917, in Newport News, Va., and got her first break at age 17, winning an amateur talent contest at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.

Fitzgerald might’ve thought she was “making a wreck” of the song at the moment, but her improvisation ended up paying off. Her Ella in Berlin live album ended up winning awards for the jazz ...

Fitzgerald died in 1996 at age 79. Mark told Fox News Fitzgerald’s estate gave his book “Ella” their blessing and he had full cooperation from the star’s recording companies.