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Featured Musician: Ella Fitzgerald Who is Ella Fitzgerald? Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) was one of the greatest American singers in any genre of music. She had a warm and lovely voice, superb rhythmic sense, considerable versatility, a great range (three and a half octaves), meticulous intonation, and improvisatory gifts as a fine natural melodist.
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The Surprisingly Quiet Ella Fitzgerald Many who followed Fitzgerald’s career — from her singing debut at an amateur contest at the Apollo Theater in Harlem in 1934 until her death on June 15, 1996 — might have doubted that she had ever known anything like stage fright.
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- American activist Ella Baker was the consummate organizer and unsung brains behind many of the most effective African American civil rights and political organizations in the twentieth century.
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Ella Fitzgerald Biography Ella experienced a troubled childhood that began with her parents separating shortly after her birth. With her mother, Fitzgerald moved to Yonkers, New York. They lived there with her mother's boyfriend, Joseph De Sailva. The family grew in 1923 with the arrival of Fitzgerald's half-sister Frances.
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Swimmerâs Ear The most common symptoms of swimmers ear are itching inside the ear and pain that gets worse when you tug on the auricle (outer ear). Other signs and symptoms may include any of the following:  1 Sensation that the ear is blocked or full.  2 Drainage.  3 Fever.  4 Decreased hearing.
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Ella Fitzgerald Often referred to as the First Lady of Song and the Queen of Jazz, she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a horn-like improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. Fitzgerald was a notable interpreter of the Great American Songbook.
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- Compact Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald Live, Verve, 1956-66. Ella and Basie, Verve, 1963. Ella and Oscar [with Oscar Peterson], Pablo, 1965. Ella in London, Pablo, 1974. The Best Is Yet To Come, Pablo, 1982. The Best of Ella Fitzgerald, Pablo, 1988. All That Jazz, Pablo, 1989. Ella Fitzgerald First Lady of Song, Verve, 1993.
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- A short form of Eleanor and Ellen, meaning light.. It can also mean beautiful fairy woman in English, and all or other in German. Well-known Ellas: singer Ella Fitzgerald; title character in the book Ella Enchanted; Cinderella.
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Ella (name) In Greek mythology, Ella (Greek: ἕλλα) was the daughter of Athamas and Nephele. The name may be a cognate with Hellas (Greek: ἑλλάς), the Greek name for Greece, which said to have been originally the name of the region round Dodona.
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Ali MacGraw Elizabeth Alice Ali MacGraw (born April 1, 1939) is an American actress, model, author, and animal rights activist. MacGraw first gained attention with her role in Goodbye, Columbus in 1969, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer.
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Ella Baker, civil & human rights activist Ella Baker, civil & human rights activist. Ella Josephine Baker (1903–1986) was an African American civil rights and human rights activist whose career spanned over five decades. Ella worked with some of the most famous civil rights leaders of her time, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, and Martin Luther King Jr. She also had an influence on the future of the civil rights movement after her time, mentoring Diane Nash, Stokely Carmichael, Rosa Parks and Bob Moses.
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- On June 16, 1939, Ella mourned the loss of her mentor Chick Webb. In his absence the band was renamed Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Band, and she took on the overwhelming task of bandleader. Perhaps in search of stability and protection, Ella married Benny Kornegay, a local dockworker who had been pursuing her.
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LaVern Baker LaVern Baker, byname of Delores Williams (born Nov. 11, 1929, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died March 10, 1997, New York, N.Y.), American rhythm-and-blues singer notable for her vocal power and rhythmic energy. At age 17 she performed as Little Miss Sharecropper.
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Madagascarâs Mystical Baobab Trees If you’re looking for some of the most bizarre trees the world has to offer, head to Madagascar where you can find six of the eight species of Baobab tree. Resembling something that you might find on Mars, the Baobab ranges in height from 15 to 98 feet tall and can have a circumference as wide as 154 feet.f you’re looking for some of the most bizarre trees the world has to offer, head to Madagascar where you can find six of the eight species of Baobab tree. Resembling something that you might find on Mars, the Baobab ranges in height from 15 to 98 feet tall and can have a circumference as wide as 154 feet.
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Ella Fitzgerald Biography Fitzgerald was then sent to a special reform school but didn't stay there long. By 1934, Ella was trying to make it on her own and living on the streets. Still harboring dreams of becoming an entertainer, she entered an amateur contest at Harlem's Apollo Theater.
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Amelia Earhart Biography Amelia Earhart (July 24, 1897, disappeared July 2, 1937), fondly known as Lady Lindy, was an American aviator who mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while trying to circumnavigate the globe from the equator. Earhart was the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license. She had several notable flights, including becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928 as well as the first person to fly over both the Atlantic and Pacific. Earhart was legally declared dead in 1939.
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Ella Fitzgerald Newport News, Virginia, United States (1917 – 1996) Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz vocalist with a vocal range spanning three octaves (D♭3 to D♭6).
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- Fitzgerald’s mother, Mary (Mollie) McQuillan, was the daughter of an Irish immigrant who became wealthy as a wholesale grocer in St. Paul. Both were Catholics. Edward Fitzgerald failed as a manufacturer of wicker furniture in St. Paul, and he became a salesman for Procter & Gamble in upstate New York.
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Baker, Ella Josephine Ella Baker. Courtesy of the Library of Congress (LC-USZ62-110575). Baker, Ella Josephine(13 Dec. 1903-13 Dec. 1986), civil rights organizer, was born in Norfolk, Virginia, the daughter of Blake Baker, a waiter on the ferry between Norfolk and Washington, D.C., and Georgianna Ross. In rural North Carolina where Ella Baker grew up she experienced a strong sense of black community.
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Ella Fitzgerald - Cry Me A River (Verve Records 1961) Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer often referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a horn-like improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.
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Ella Fitzgerald Biography Born on April 25, 1917 in Newport News, Virginia, singer Ella Fitzgerald was the product of a common-law marriage between William Fitzgerald and Temperance Tempie Williams Fitzgerald. Ella experienced a troubled childhood that began with her parents separating shortly after her birth.
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Florence Griffith Joyner Florence Delorez Griffith–Joyner (born Florence Delorez Griffith; December 21, 1959 – September 21, 1998), also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete. She is considered the fastest woman of all time based on the fact that the world records she set in 1988 for both the 100 m and 200 m still stand.
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Amelia Earhart Amelia Mary Earhart (/ˈɛərhɑːrt/; July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this accomplishment.
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Ella Fitzgerald In Ella Fitzgerald. Ella Fitzgerald Was Born On April 25th 1917 some people call he the first lady of song.Some call her lad Ella. her favorite sports team was the Los Angela's Dodgers and Lakers … .
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Biography Overview (5) Mini Bio (1) On Saturday, June 15th, 1996, an era in jazz singing came to an end, with the death of Ella Fitzgerald at her home in California. She was the last of four great female jazz singers (including Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Carmen McRae) who defined one of the most prolific eras in jazz vocal style.
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Judy Garland Judy Garland. Judy Garland (June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969), born Frances Ethel Gumm, was an American film actress considered by many to be one of the greatest singing stars of Hollywood's Golden Era of musical film. She was known for her intense acting, charming wit, and great sense of humor.