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Often referred to as the "First Lady of Song" and the "Queen of Jazz," Ella Fitzgerald was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. Over the course of her 60-year recording career, she sold 40 million copies of her 70+ albums, won 14 Grammy Awards a...
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Spencer Williams, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - E.Y. HARBURG, Composer - Vernon Duke, Author - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sue Werner, ComposerLyricist - Dick Vance, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Taft Jordan, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Peer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Matthews, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Kay Werner, ComposerLyricist - Bill Beason, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sandy Williams, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Hilton Jefferson, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ted McRae, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Trueheart, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra, MainArtist - Bobby Stark, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Wayman Carver, Flute, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Garvin Bushell, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Fulford, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nat Story, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Pass, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Rafael Valentin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Tarantino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1974 Craft Recordings.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nancy Hamilton, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Morgan Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Paul Smith Quartet, FeaturedArtist - Norman Granz, Producer - Wilfred Middlebrooks, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Leo Robin, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Rainger, ComposerLyricist - Joe Pass, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Count Basie, MainArtist - Allan Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Doris Fisher, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Lew Brown, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Homer, ComposerLyricist - Bud Green, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist
℗ 1947 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Arlen, Composer - Ted Koehler, Author - Frank DeVol, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1958 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Ervin M. Drake, Author - Juan Tizol, Composer - Hans Lengsfelder, Author
℗ 2007 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kurt Weill, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - MARC BLITZSTEIN, ComposerLyricist - Jim Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bertolt Brecht, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Paul Smith Quartet, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Norman Granz, Producer - Wilfred Middlebrooks, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Taft Jordan, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Mitchell Parish, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Stuff Smith, ComposerLyricist - Chick Webb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Peer, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Clark, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sandy Williams, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Ted McRae, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Fitzgerald And Her Savoy Eight, MainArtist - Cameron S. Wells, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Fulford, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1938 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chauncey Haughton, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Vance, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Taft Jordan, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Waters, ComposerLyricist - Gus Kahn, ComposerLyricist - Beverly Peer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Clark, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Beason, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ted McRae, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Trueheart, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra, MainArtist - Wynn, ComposerLyricist - Irving "Mouse" Randolph, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - John McConnell, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Floyd Brady, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Fulford, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Simmons, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - James Archey, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1940 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Wild Bill Davis, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, FeaturedArtist - Frederick Hendricks, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1946 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Betty Peterson, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Borney Bergantine, ComposerLyricist - The Song Spinners, Ensemble, Artist
℗ 1947 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vincent Youmans, Composer - Irving Caesar, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Count Basie, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1963 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Arnett Cobb, ComposerLyricist - Ray Charles Singers, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1951 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Bregman Orchestra, Orchestra - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eddie Johnson, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - GEORGE DAVID WEISS, ComposerLyricist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Chris Columbus, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dallas Bartley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - BENNIE BENJAMIN, ComposerLyricist - Louise Jordan & His Typmany Five, MainArtist
℗ 1950 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sam Coslow, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lou Levy, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Seth Foster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilfred Middlebrooks, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Alan Emig, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buddy Bregman, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Count Basie, MainArtist - Fats Waller, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer - Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lew Brown, ComposerLyricist - Sammy Fain, ComposerLyricist - Joe Pass, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Angel Balestier, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1976 Fantasy, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Milt Gabler, Producer - REDD EVANS, ComposerLyricist - Joe Ricardel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1946 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Alan Emig, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buddy Bregman, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Billy Strayhorn, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, MainArtist - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Mondragon, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lou Levy, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Levy, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Hamilton, ComposerLyricist - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Eddie De Lange, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - Stuart Gorrell, Author - Joe Pass, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - DENNIS SANDS, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer - Arne Frager, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1983 Fantasy, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer, Conductor - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Don George, Author - JOHNNY HODGES, Composer - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - HARRY JAMES, Author - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1957 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Billy Strayhorn, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1957 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Dorothy Heyward, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Russell Garcia, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Dubose Edwin Heyward, Author
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Alan Emig, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buddy Bregman, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kay Swift, ComposerLyricist - Paul James, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Dubose Heyward, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Vinicius De Moraes, ComposerLyricist - António Carlos Jobim, ComposerLyricist - Jim Hughart, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1966 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Bregman, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Hugo Cipolatti, Adapter
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Everett Barksdale, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - Herbert Magidson, ComposerLyricist - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Crawford, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - PAUL WEBSTER, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - George Dorsey, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Al Klink, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Privin, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Holcombe, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Faso, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Artie Baker, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sandy Block, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Morton Bullman, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1951 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Harold Arlen, Composer - Billy Rose, Author - E.Y. HARBURG, Author - Billy May, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - NELSON RIDDLE, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1959 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Schertzinger, Composer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mario Bauza, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Taft Jordan, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Van Alexander, ComposerLyricist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Louis Jordan, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Chick Webb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Peer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Matthews, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Chick Webb and His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Bobby Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sandy Williams, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Ted McRae, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Stark, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Wayman Carver, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Garvin Bushell, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Turk Van Lake, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Fulford, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nat Story, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1938 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Harold Arlen, ComposerLyricist - Ted Koehler, ComposerLyricist - Billy May, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Billy May Orchestra, Orchestra - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1961 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Kahn, Author - Milt Gabler, Producer - Wilbur Schwandt, Composer - Fabian Andre, ComposerLyricist - Sy Oliver's Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
AL CLEVELAND, ComposerLyricist - Renaldo Benson, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Gerald Wilson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Angel Balestier, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tommy Flanagan Trio, FeaturedArtist - Norman Granz, Producer - The Count Basie Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Pablo Records
Leslie Bricusse, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Reeves, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stan Levey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Field, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Wilfred Middlebrooks, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Druker, Producer - The Staff at Berlin Sportpalast, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gene DePaul, ComposerLyricist - Benny Carter, ComposerLyricist - Don Raye, ComposerLyricist - The Ink Spots, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1944 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Quincy Jones, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, MainArtist - Gus Kahn, ComposerLyricist - Wilbur Schwandt, ComposerLyricist - Fabian Andre, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Often referred to as the "First Lady of Song" and the "Queen of Jazz," Ella Fitzgerald was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. Over the course of her 60-year recording career, she sold 40 million copies of her 70+ albums, won 14 Grammy Awards and received during her career many other major awards and honors like the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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