In the collection
4 records
Played with
Benny Goodman
3 records together
Louis Armstrong
2 records together
Duke Ellington
2 records together
Ray Charles And His Orchestra
2 records together
Billie Holiday
2 records together
Johnny Hodges
2 records together
Ray Charles
1 record together
Memphis Slim
1 record together
Big Joe Turner
1 record together
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
1 record together
Charlie Parker
1 record together
Dizzy Gillespie
1 record together
About
Born: 25 April 1917 in Newport News, Virginia, USA.
Died: 15 June 1996 in Beverly Hills, California, USA (aged 79).
Dubbed ‘The First Lady Of Song’, Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the US for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she sold over 40 million albums and won 13 Grammy Awards:
- Best Jazz Performance, Individual for
- Best Vocal Performance, Female for
- Best Jazz Performance - Soloist for
- Best Vocal Performance, Female for But Not For Me from
- Best Vocal Performance Album, Female for
- Best Vocal Performance Single Record Or Track, Female for Mack The Knife from
- Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female for
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance for
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance for
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female for
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female for
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female for
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female for
Mother of jazz pianist/singer Ray Brown Jr., ex-wife of jazz double-bassist Ray Brown.