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Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer (1917–1996)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 25 April 1917
- Died
- 15 June 1996
- Place of birth
- Newport News
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Sex or gender
- female
- Family name
- Fitzgerald
- Father
- William Fitzgerald
- Mother
- Temperance Fitzgerald
- Spouse
- Ray Brown
- Child
- Ray Brown, Jr.
- Genre
- jazz, swing, traditional pop, soul
- Field of work
- music composing
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter, composer, conductor, bandleader, film actor, recording artist, jazz musician, singer, jazz singer, musician
- Citizenship
- United States
- Native language
- English
- Awards
- Presidential Medal of Freedom, National Medal of Arts, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, National Women's Hall of Fame, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Kennedy Center Honors, honorary doctorate from Princeton University, NEA Jazz Masters, Los Angeles Times Women of the Year Silver Cup, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
- archives at
- Library of Congress Music Division
- birth name
- Ella Jane Fitzgerald
- cause of death
- stroke
- described by source
- Notable Black American Women, Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians
- discography
- Ella Fitzgerald discography
- end of work period
- 1993
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- eye color
- black
- hair color
- black hair
- influenced by
- Maxine Sullivan
- languages spoken, written or signed
- American English, English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- medical condition
- blindness, diabetes, amputation
- name in native language
- Ella Fitzgerald
- nickname
- Lady Ella, Queen of Jazz, The First Lady of Jazz, The First Lady of Song, la Reina del jazz, la Primera dama de la canción
- partner in business or sport
- Louis Armstrong
- place of burial
- Inglewood Park Cemetery
- record label
- Capitol Records, Decca, Verve Records
- relative
- Christopher Williams
- residence
- St. Albans
- significant person
- Earl Bostic, Roy Campanella, John Coltrane, Mercer Ellington, Billie Holiday, Illinois Jacquet, Jackie Robinson, Archie Spigner, Percy Sutton, Milt Hinton, Lester Young
- social media followers
- 158000, 190000, 234000, 261000, 289000, 322000
- start of work period
- 1934
- topic's main category
- Category:Ella Fitzgerald
- voice type
- mezzo-soprano
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