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From 1935 to the late 1940s Decca issued Ella Fitzgerald's recordings on 78rpm singles and album collections, in book form, of four singles that included eight tracks. These recordings have been re-issued on a series of 15 compact disc by the French record label Classics Records between 1992 and 2008. In 1956 Ella Fitzgerald signed with Verve ...
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1950 • Pure Ella (originally Ella Sings Gershwin) • Souvenir Album 1954 • Lullabies of Birdland • Songs in a Mellow Mood 1955 • For Sentimental Reasons • Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax • Sweet and Hot • The First Lady of Song • Song’s from “Pete Kelly’s Blues”
1956 • Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook • Ella and Louis (with Louis Armstrong) • Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook 1957 • Ella and Louis Again (with Louis Armstrong) • Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (with Duke Ellington) – Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance, Soloist • Ella at the Opera House (Li...
1966 • The Stockholm Concert, 1966 (Live) (with Duke Ellington) 1970 • Ella in Budapest, Hungary (Live) 1971 • Ella A Nice (Live) 1972 • Jazz at Santa Monica Civic ’72 (Live) 1973 • Take Love Easy (with Joe Pass) 1974 • Fine and Mellow (Released in 1979) – Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal • Ella in London (Live) 1975 • Ella and Oscar (with Oscar Pe...
1955 • Songs from “Pete Kelly’s Blues” 1957 • One o’Clock Jump (with Count Basie and Joe Williams) 1989 • Back on the Block (Qwest Records)
1994 • The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks 1997 • The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
Ella and the band recorded for Decca and appeared at the Roseland Ballroom, where they received national exposure on NBC radio broadcasts. She recorded nearly 150 songs with Webb's orchestra between 1935 and 1942. In addition to her work with Webb, Fitzgerald performed and recorded with the Benny Goodman Orchestra.
May 4, 2021 · Fitzgerald died on June 15, 1996, at her home in Beverly Hills. In all, Fitzgerald recorded more than 200 albums and some 2,000 songs in her lifetime. Her total record sales exceeded 40 million.
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Her first credited single was 78 RPM recording "I'll Chase the Blues Away" with the Chick Webb Orchestra. Fitzgerald continued recording with Webb until his death in 1939, after which the group was renamed Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra.
Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1930s - 1990s. Born. April 25, 1917 in Newport News, VA. Died. June 15, 1996 in Beverly Hills, CA. Genre. Jazz, Vocal, Blues. Styles. Bop, Standards, Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz, American Popular Song. Also Known As. Ella Jane Fitzgerald. Album Highlights. New Releases. Discover. Articles.
