Born: 25 April 1917 in Newport News, Virginia, USA.
Died: 15 June 1996 in Beverly Hills, California, USA (aged 79).
Dubbed 'The First Lady Of Song', Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the US for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she sold over 40 million albums and won 13 Grammy Awards:
- Best Jazz Performance, Individual for Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book
- Best Vocal Performance, Female for Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook
- Best Jazz Performance - Soloist for Ella Swings Lightly
- Best Vocal Performance, Female for But Not For Me from Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Books
- Best Vocal Performance Album, Female for Mack The Knife - Ella In Berlin
- Best Vocal Performance Single Record Or Track, Female for Mack The Knife from Mack The Knife - Ella In Berlin
- Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female for Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance for Fitzgerald & Pass...Again
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance for Fine And Mellow
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female for A Perfect Match
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female for Digital III At Montreux
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female for The Best Is Yet To Come
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female for All That Jazz
Mother of jazz pianist/singer Ray Brown Jr., ex-wife of jazz double-bassist Ray Brown.
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December 2, 1992
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
West Palm Beach, Florida, United StatesOctober 3, 1992
Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts
Detroit, Michigan, United StatesAugust 2, 1992
Circle Star Theatre
San Carlos, California, United States1. How Long Has This Been Going On?(George Gershwin cover)
2. A-Tisket, A-Tasket
July 15, 1992
Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles, California, United StatesJune 27, 1992
Hampton Coliseum
Hampton, Virginia, United StatesMay 2, 1992
Radio City Music Hall
New York, New York, United StatesFebruary 16, 1992
Wiltern Theatre
Los Angeles, California, United States1. Too Close for Comfort(Sammy Davis Jr. cover)
September 13, 1991
Roy Thomson Hall
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJune 27, 1991
Carnegie Hall
New York, New York, United States1. 'Round Midnight(Thelonious Monk cover)
2. More Than You Know(Vincent Youmans cover)
3. It's All Right With Me(Cole Porter cover)
4. Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)(Duke Ellington and His Orchestra cover)
5. Honeysuckle Rose(Fats Waller and His Rhythm cover)
6. Little Jazz
June 22, 1991
Filene Center
Vienna, Virginia, United States1. Night in Tunisia(Dizzy Gillespie cover)
2. A-Tisket, A-Tasket
3. Well, Alright, Okay, You Win(Ella Johnson cover)
4. A House Is Not a Home(Burt Bacharach cover)
5. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer ("Mack the Knife")(Kurt Weill cover)
June 16, 1991
The Pavilion
Highland Park, Illinois, United StatesJune 11, 1991
Filene Center
Vienna, Virginia, United StatesApril 13, 1991
Radio City Music Hall
New York, New York, United StatesOctober 1, 1990
Orange County Performing Arts Center
Costa Mesa, California, United States1. Sweet Georgia Brown(Ben Bernie’s Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra cover)
2. As Time Goes By(Herman Hupfeld cover)
August 22, 1990
Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles, California, United States1. Sweet Georgia Brown(Ben Bernie’s Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra cover)
2. As Time Goes By(Herman Hupfeld cover)
3. Too Close for Comfort(Sammy Davis Jr. cover)
4. Somewhere in the Hills(Antônio Carlos Jobim cover)
5. Honeysuckle Rose(Fats Waller and His Rhythm cover)
6. All That Jazz(John Kander cover)
7. Satin Doll(Duke Ellington and His Orchestra cover)
8. St. Louis Blues(W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band cover)
9. The Lady Is a Tramp(Rodgers & Hart cover)
10. Angel Eyes(Herb Jeffries cover)
11. Night and Day(Cole Porter cover)
12. Get Out of Town(Cole Porter cover)
13. You'd Be So Easy to Love(Cole Porter cover)
14. You Do Something to Me(Cole Porter cover)
15. Don't Get Around Much Anymore(Duke Ellington and His Orchestra cover)
16. Água de beber(Vinicius de Moraes cover)
17. Cool Breeze(Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra cover)
18. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer ("Mack the Knife")(Kurt Weill cover)
July 4, 1990
Skeppsholmen
Stockholm, Stockholm County, SwedenJune 29, 1990
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center
New York, New York, United States1. I'm Beginning to See the Light(Harry James and His Orchestra cover)
2. One Note Samba(Antônio Carlos Jobim cover)
3. Sophisticated Lady(Duke Ellington and His Orchestra cover)
4. Mood Indigo(Duke Ellington and His Orchestra cover)
5. Shiny Stockings(Frank Foster cover)
6. Taking a Chance on Love(Vernon Duke cover)
7. The Man I Love(George Gershwin cover)
8. Body and Soul(Ambrose and His Orchestra cover)
9. Take the "A" Train(Duke Ellington and His Orchestra cover)
May 26, 1990
Philharmonie
Munich, Bavaria, Germany1. How Long Has This Been Going On?(George Gershwin cover)
2. Oh, Lady Be Good!(George Gershwin cover)
3. Well, Alright, Okay, You Win(Ella Johnson cover)
4. I'm Beginning to See the Light(Harry James and His Orchestra cover)
5. You Go to My Head(Larry Clinton & His Orchestra cover)
6. Wave(Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’66 cover)
7. Just One of Those Things(Cole Porter cover)
8. Sugarfoot Rag(Hank Garland cover)
April 26, 1990
Radio City Music Hall
New York, New York, United States1. The Lady Is a Tramp(Rodgers & Hart cover)
2. Good Morning Heartache(Billie Holiday cover)
3. Ain't Misbehavin'(Fats Waller cover)
4. Happy Birthday
March 8, 1990
Royal Albert Hall
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