Yes she did make lots of songs and etc but why was she so famous? Like, was she the first female black singer, or what? And also could you tell me about her life. Like childhood, achievements and etc.
2006-09-23 19:07:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
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2006-09-23 19:28:49 · update #1
So she wasn't the first female black singer or whatever?
2006-09-23 19:35:02 · update #2
She was revolutionary because she was black AND female. Also, her recordings date all the way back to the 30's when jazz was just being discovered.
Her singing style reflects that of Louis Armstrong, who was the first jazz musician of his kind (because before him, there wasn't really any what we would think of as 'jazz', only ragtime). Ella and Louie even sang duets together.
I don't know a lot about her life (even though I should..), but she became so famous because she's just a darn good musician! If you've never listened to her, try "Blue Skies" (the song she's most famous for). It gives you a good taste of her scat (one of her trademarks).
2006-09-23 19:15:13 · answer #1 · answered by bettalover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ella Fitzgerald- Mack The Knife Billy Holiday-God Bless The Child
2016-03-27 06:00:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What did she do? She was a great artist in her field of music. Why do you think she had to be famous for some other thing in her life to have achieved what she did. She was goooood.
2006-09-23 19:16:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think because she was a cool black female singer, quite rare for the 1930's. Also, I think she had the hit song "A tisket, a tasket I lost my yellow basket". So it may also be the hit song too. But try wikipedia.org to be sure(as the above person said!)
2006-09-23 19:12:28 · answer #4 · answered by lazlo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Born: April 25, 1917, Newport News, Virginia
Died: June 15, 1996, Beverly Hills, California
Parents: William Fitzgerald, Temperance
Siblings: France Da Silva (half sister)
1934
Won Amateur Night competition at the Apollo Theater
1935
Won one week of performing at the Harlem Opera House
1937
Top Female Vocalist, Down Beat magazine
1938
First No. 1 song, A-Tisket, A-Tasket
1954
Best Female Vocalist, Metronome magazine
Best Female Vocalist, Down Beat magazine (both readers' poll and critics' poll)
1956
All Star Female, Metronome magazine
1958
First Grammy awards held; won Best Female Vocal Performance for The Irving Berlin Songbook (album) and Best Individual Jazz Performance for The Duke Ellington Songbook (album)
1959
Grammy awards, Best Female Vocal Performance for But Not For Me and Best Individual Jazz Performance for Ella Swings Lightly
1960
Honorary membership to Alpha Kappa Alpha, the oldest and largest African-American sorority in the United States
Grammy awards, Best Female Vocal Performance (single) for Mack the Knife and Best Female Vocal Performance (album) for Ella in Berlin
1962
Grammy award, Best Female Solo Vocal Performance for Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson Riddle
1965
Received first ASCAP award in recognition of an artist
1967
Grammy award, Bing Crosby Lifetime Achievement award
Honorary chairmanship of the newly formed Martin Luther King Foundation
1974
University of Maryland names its new $1.6 million, 1,200-seat theater and concert hall the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts
1976
(April 11) Ella Fitzgerald Day in Los Angeles
Honorary Doctorate in Music from Dartmouth College
Award of Distinction from National Association of Sickle Cell Diseases
Women at Work organization's Bicentennial Woman
Grammy award, Best Jazz Vocal Performance for Fitzgerald and Pass…Again (album)
1979
Grammy award, Best Jazz Vocal Performance for Fine and Mellow (album)
Kennedy Center Honors
1980
Will Rogers award from the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association
Honorary Doctor of Music from Howard University
Lord & Taylor Rose award for her outstanding contribution to music
Doctor of Human Letters from Talladega College of Alabama
Grammy award, Best Female Jazz Vocal Performance for A Perfect Match; Ella and Basie (album)
1981
Grammy award, Best Female Jazz Vocal Performance for Digital III at Montreux (album)
1982
Hasty Pudding Club Woman of the Year
1983
Peabody Award for Outstanding Contributions to Music in America
Grammy award, Best Female Jazz Vocal Performance for The Best Is Yet to Come (album)
1987
A-Tisket, A-Tasket entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame
UCLA Medal for Musical Achievements
National Medal of Arts
1988
NAACP Image award for Lifetime Achievement
1990
Grammy award, Best Female Jazz Vocal Performance for All That Jazz (album)
Commander of Arts and Letters (France)
Honorary Doctor of Music from Princeton University
2006-09-23 19:13:36 · answer #5 · answered by Andrea H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Research her online.
2006-09-23 19:15:17 · answer #6 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to jerryjazzmusician.com/ellafitzgerald for a complete story and pics!
2006-09-23 19:11:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends..
2016-08-20 06:04:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try wikipedia
2006-09-23 19:08:31 · answer #9 · answered by cool_clearwater 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋