Fitzgerald, Ella (Personal Name)

Rodgers, R. Ella Fitzgerald sings the Rodgers and Hart song book, 1956?

NUCMC data from Boston Univ. Lib. for Her Papers (Fitzgerald, Ella, 1918-; jazz and popular singer)

WWAm., 1974-75 (Fitzgerald, Ella, 1918-; married Ray Brown; divorced 1953)

New Grove dict. of jazz (Fitzgerald, Ella; b. Apr. 25, 1918, Newport News, VA; singer)

New York times, June 16, 1996: section 1, p. 1 (Ella Fitzgerald, 79, d. June 15, 1996, Beverly Hills, Calif.) p. 33 (b. Apr. 25, 1917, Newport News, Va., according to birth certificate and school records; most biographies give her birthdate as 1918)

Nicholson, S. Ella Fitzgerald: p. 4 (Ella Jane Fitzgerald; b. Apr. 25, 1917, Newport News City, Va., according to state registrar)

American National Biography Online, accessed December 23, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Fitzgerald, Ella; jazz singer; Ella Jane Fitzgerald; born 25 April 1917 in Newport News, Virginia, United States; sent to segregated New York State Training School for Girls in Hudson (1934); Chick Webb, was persuaded to give her a try in his band (1935); was among the very first African-American women invited to join American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) (1940); began a long association with Decca Records’ Milt Gabler (1943); joined producer Norman Granz’s newly formed organization Jazz at the Philharmonic (JATP) (1949); her best recordings fall mainly in the decade between 1956 and 1966; produced exceptional live albums such as Ella Fitzgerald at the Opera House (1957) and Ella in Rome (1958); was generous contributor to charities, notably to the organization in Los Angeles named in her honor, the Ella Fitzgerald Child Care Center; died 15 June 1996 in Beverly Hills, California, United States)

Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) was an American jazz and popular singer.