Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella, was one of the most important jazz singers of the 20th Century, the winner of thirteen Grammy Awards, and the National Medal of Art presented by President Reagan. Gifted with a three-octave vocal range, she was noted for her purity of tone, near faultless phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.

Albums

note: Fitzgerald began recording albums on the Decca Records label after years of recording singles.

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Decca Albums

• 1950 Ella Sings Gershwin
• 1954 Songs in a Mellow Mood
• 1955 Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues

Verve Albums

• 1956 Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
• 1956 Ella and Louis
• 1956 Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook
• 1957 Ella and Louis Again
• 1957 Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
• 1957 Ella at the Opera House
• 1957 Like Someone in Love
• 1957 Porgy and Bess
• 1958 Ella and Billie at Newport
• 1958 Ella Swings Lightly
• 1958 Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
• 1958 '
• 1959 Get Happy!
• 1959 Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers
• 1959 Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook
• 1960 '
• 1960 Wishes You a Merry Christmas
• 1960 Hello, Love
• 1960 Sings Songs from Let No Man Write My Epitaph
• 1960 Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook
• 1961 Ella in Hollywood
• 1961 Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
• 1961 Ella Returns to Berlin
• 1962 Rhythm Is My Business
• 1962 Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson
• 1962 Ella Swings Gently with Nelson
• 1963 Ella Sings Broadway
• 1963 Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook
• 1963 Ella and Basie!
• 1963 These Are the Blues
• 1964 Hello, Dolly!
• 1964 Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook
• 1965 Ella at Duke's Place
• 1965 Ella in Hamburg
• 1966 Whisper Not
• 1966 Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur

No Fixed Label

• 1967 Brighten the Corner
• 1967 Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas
• 1968 30 by Ella
• 1969 Watch What Happens

Reprise Albums

• 1969 Ella (album)
• 1970 Things Ain't What They Used to Be

Atlantic Albums

• 1972 Ella Loves Cole (Released on the Pablo label as Dream Dancing)

Columbia Albums

• 1973 '

Pablo Albums

• 1970 Ella in Budapest, Hungary
• 1971 Ella A Nice
• 1972 Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72
• 1973 Take Love Easy
• 1974 Ella Fitzgerald Jams
• 1974 Ella in London
• 1975 Ella and Oscar
• 1975 Montreux '75
• 1976 Fitzgerald and Pass... Again
• 1977 Montreux '77
• 1978 Lady Time
• 1978 Dream Dancing
• 1979 Digital III at Montreux
• 1979 A Classy Pair
• 1979 A Perfect Match This Live Performance from the 1979 Montreux Jazz Festival is also available on the DVD Ella and Basie - the Perfect Match, '79.
• 1981 Ella Abraca Jobim
• 1982 The Best Is Yet to Come
• 1983 Speak Love
• 1983 Nice Work If You Can Get It
• 1986 Easy Living (album)
• 1989 All That Jazz (album)