Ella Fitzgerald
USA
Born: 25 April 1917
Died: 15 June 1996
Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Styles: Bop, Swing, Big Band/Swing, Standards, Hard Bop, Traditional Pop, Vocal/Standards, Vocal Jazz, American Popular Song
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"The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was arguably the finest female jazz singer of all time (although some may vote for Sarah Vaughan or Billie Holiday). Blessed with a beautiful voice and a wide range, Fitzgerald could outswing anyone, was a brilliant scat singer, and had near-perfect elocution; one could always understand the words she sang. The one fault was that, since she always sounded so happy to be singing, Fitzgerald did not always dig below the surface of the lyrics she interpreted and she even made a downbeat song such as "Love ...
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