2022Winner
Best Performance
Rat Pack
Ella Fitzgerald
Actor
Newport News, Virginia, USA
April 25, 1917
Biography
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1963Nominee
Best Performance
Ella Fitzgerald à l'Olympia
2019Nominee
Best Performance
The Apollo
Career Highlights
2002Highlight
Best Performance
It's Black Entertainment
1941Highlight
Best Performance
Ride 'Em Cowboy
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The Apollo
Ride 'Em Cowboy
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