Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, Virginia, United States on April 25th, 1917 and is the Jazz Singer. At the age of 79, Ella Fitzgerald biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
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Early career
Fitzgerald appears to have lived through 1933 and 1934 in part by performing on Harlem's streets, but she made her most popular debut at the age of 17, 1934, in one of the first Amateur Nights at the Apollo Theater. She had intended to perform and dance but was threatened by a local dance duo called the Edwards Sisters, who forced her to perform instead. She performed "Judy" and "The Object of My Affection" and received the first prize, according to Connee Boswell. She was destined to appear at the Apollo for a week but, apparently due to her disheveled appearance, the theater never gave her the opportunity.
Fitzgerald was given the opportunity to appear with the Tiny Bradshaw band at the Harlem Opera House in January 1935. Chick Webb, the drummer and bandleader who had recently signed Charlie Linton, was given the opportunity to find her a female singer. Despite Webb's reluctant to sign her "because she was gawky and unkempt," he said, a 'diamond in the rough,'" she was offered the opportunity to test with his band when they met during a dance at Yale University.
Fitzgerald was asked to join Webb's orchestra and received acclaim as part of the group's performances in Harlem's Savoy Ballroom, and was welcomed by both audiences and colleagues. "Love and Kisses" and "(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It" are two Fitzgerald hits, as well as "(Mr. Paganini)" and "(If You Can't Avoid It)" (Mr. Paganini). However, it was her 1938 version of the nursery rhyme "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," a song she co-wrote that earned her public acclaim. On the radio, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" became a big hit, and it was also one of the decade's biggest-selling songs.
Webb died of spinal tuberculosis on June 16, 1939, and his band, Ella and Her Famous Orchestra, was renamed Ella and Her Famous Orchestra, with Fitzgerald taking over as the bandleader. Between 1935 and 1942, she performed nearly 150 songs with Webb's orchestra. Fitzgerald also appeared and recorded with the Benny Goodman Orchestra in addition to her Webb work. Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight were among her side projects.