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Ella Fitzgerald - The Great American Songbook - 2CD - Set - [TFM]
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Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella", was an American jazz vocalist[1] with a vocal range spanning three octaves (D♭3 to D♭6).[2] 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.[3] Over the course of her 59-year recording career, she sold 40 million copies of her 70-plus albums, won 13 Grammy Awards and was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Ronald Reagan and the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush.
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Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, Virginia, the daughter of Temperance "Tempie" and William Fitzgerald.[4] The pair separated soon after her birth, and Ella and her mother went to Yonkers, New York, where they eventually moved in with Tempie's longtime boyfriend, Joseph Da Silva. Fitzgerald's half-sister, Frances Da Silva, was born in 1923. She and her family were Methodists and were active in the Bethany African Methodist Episcopal Church, and she regularly attended worship services, Bible study, and Sunday school.[5][6]
In her youth, Fitzgerald wanted to be a dancer, although she loved listening to jazz recordings by Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby and The Boswell Sisters. She idolized the lead singer Connee Boswell, later saying, "My mother brought home one of her records, and I fell in love with it....I tried so hard to sound just like her."[7]
In 1932, her mother died from a heart attack.[4] Following this trauma, Fitzgerald's grades dropped dramatically, and she frequently skipped school. Abused by her stepfather, she ran away to her aunt[8] and, at one point, worked as a lookout at a bordello and also with a Mafia-affiliated numbers runner.[9] When the authorities caught up with her, she was first placed in the Colored Orphan Asylum in Riverdale, Bronx.[10] However, when the orphanage proved too crowded, she was moved to the New York Training School for Girls in Hudson, New York, a state reformatory. Eventually she escaped and for a time was homeless.[8]
She made her singing debut at 17 on November 21, 1934, at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. She pulled in a weekly audience at the Apollo and won the opportunity to compete in one of the earliest of its famous "Amateur Nights". She had originally intended to go on stage and dance, but, intimidated by the Edwards Sisters, a local dance duo, she opted to sing instead in the style of Connee Boswell. She sang Boswell's "Judy" and "The Object of My Affection," a song recorded by the Boswell Sisters, and won the first prize of US$25.00.[11]
In January 1935, Fitzgerald won the chance to perform for a week with the Tiny Bradshaw band at the Harlem Opera House. She met drummer and bandleader Chick Webb there. Webb had already hired singer Charlie Linton to work with the band and was, The New York Times later wrote, "reluctant to sign her....because she was gawky and unkempt, a diamond in the rough."[7] Webb offered her the opportunity to test with his band when they played a dance at Yale University.
She began singing regularly with Webb's Orchestra through 1935 at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom. Fitzgerald recorded several hit songs with them, including "Love and Kisses" and "(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)". But it was her 1938 version of the nursery rhyme, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket", a song she co-wrote, that brought her wide public acclaim.
Chick Webb died on June 16, 1939, and his band was renamed "Ella and her Famous Orchestra" with Ella taking on the role of nominal bandleader. Fitzgerald recorded nearly 150 songs with the orchestra before it broke up in 1942, "the majority of them novelties and disposable pop fluff".[7]
Birth name Ella Jane Fitzgerald
Born April 25, 1917
Newport News, Virginia
Died June 15, 1996 (aged 79)
Beverly Hills, California
Genres Swing, traditional pop, vocal jazz
Occupations Vocalist
Instruments Piano
Years active 1934–1993
Labels Capitol, Decca, Pablo, Reprise, Verve
Website Official website
Allcredit to tifon ET
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Covers/Back.JPG
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Covers/Disc 1-2.JPG
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Covers/Front.JPG
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Disc 1/01. Manhattan.flac
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Disc 1/02. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye.flac
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Disc 1/03. The Lady Is A Tramp.flac
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Disc 1/04. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love).flac
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Disc 1/05. If You Can't Sing It (You'll Have To Swing It).flac
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Disc 1/06. Taking A Chance In Love.flac
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Disc 1/07. Soon.flac
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Disc 1/08. Black Coffee.flac
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Disc 1/09. I've Got The World On A String.flac
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Disc 1/10. Someone To Watch Over Me.flac
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Disc 1/11. That Old Black Magic.flac
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Disc 1/12. Old Devil Moon.flac
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Disc 1/13. I Can't Get Started.flac
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Disc 1/14. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea.flac
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Disc 1/15. You'll Never Know.flac
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Disc 1/16. Lover Come Back To Me.flac
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Disc 1/17. But Not For Me.flac
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Disc 1/18. It Might As Well Be Spring.flac
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Disc 1/19. I've Got You Under My Skin.flac
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Disc 1/20. Night And Day.flac
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Disc 1/21. My Funny Valentine.flac
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Disc 1/22. (Love Is) The Tender Trap.flac
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Disc 1/23. My One And Only Love.flac
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Disc 1/24. Smooth Sailing.flac
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Disc 1/audiochecker.log
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Disc 1/Ella Fitzgerald - The Great American Songbook Disc 1.log
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Disc 1/The Great American Songbook Disc 1.cue
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Disc 2/01. Oh, Lady Be Good.flac
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Disc 2/02. Body And Soul.flac
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Disc 2/03. How High The Moon.flac
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Disc 2/04. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good.flac
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Disc 2/05. Angel Eyes.flac
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Disc 2/06. Maybe.flac
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Disc 2/07. Looking For A boy.flac
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Disc 2/08. I've Got A Crush On You.flac
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Disc 2/09. Air Mail Special.flac
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Disc 2/10. Dream A Little Dream Of Me [With Louis Armstrong].flac
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Disc 2/11. Baby It's Cold Outside [With Louis Jordan].flac
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Disc 2/12. You Won't Be Satisfied (Unitil You Break My Heart) [With Louis Armstrong].flac
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Disc 2/13. Basin Street Blues.flac
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Disc 2/14. Sentimental Journey.flac
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Disc 2/15. Thanks For The Memory.flac
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Disc 2/16. Moanin' Low.flac
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Disc 2/17. Walkin' By The River.flac
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Disc 2/18. An Empty Ballroom.flac
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Disc 2/19. I Wished On The Moon.flac
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Disc 2/20. My One And Only.flac
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Disc 2/21. How Long Has This Been Going On .flac
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Disc 2/22. Happy Talk.flac
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Disc 2/23. I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa my Hair.flac
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Disc 2/24. I've Got A Feelin' I'm Fallin''.flac
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Disc 2/25. Crying.flac
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