Ella Fitzgerald
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"Ella Jane Fitzgerald " was an American jazz vocalist with a vocal range spanning three octaves (D3 to D6). Often referred to as the "First Lady of Song," the "Queen of Jazz" and "Lady Ella", she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and Intonation (music)/intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.

Fitzgerald was a notable interpreter of the Great American Songbook. Over the course of her 60-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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It isn't where you came from; it's where you're going that counts.

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The only thing better than singing is more singing.

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I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.

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American Masters: Ella Fitzgerald - Something To Live For.

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I told Edward to buy it when it was $515,000.

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