Contributors: Norman Granz (producer), Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (performer), Val Valentin (engineer), Nelson Riddle (arranger), Nelson Riddle (conductor), Ella Fitzgerald (vocal)
Personnel: Johnny Mercer (lyricist), Woody Herman (composer), Ralph Burns (composer)
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 in Newport News, VA – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella (the First Lady of Song), was one of the most influential jazz singers of the 20th Century, the winner of thirteen Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Art presented by President Ronald Reagan and the Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by President George H. W. Bush. 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. Read more about Ella Fitzgerald on Last.fm.
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Related Labels: Norgran Records (reissuing the catalog of), Clef Records (reissuing the catalog of), Down Home (reissuing the catalog of), Brunswick Records (reissuing the catalog of), Verve Folkways (subsidiaries), Verve Forecast (subsidiaries)
