Biography

"The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was arguably the finest female jazz singer of all time (although some may vote for Sarah Vaughan or Billie Holiday). Blessed with a beautiful voice and a wide range, Fitzgerald could outswing anyone, was a brilliant scat singer, and had near-perfect elocution. Her one fault was that, since she always sounded so happy to be singing, Fitzgerald did not always dig below the surface of the lyrics she interpreted, and she even made a downbeat song such as [roviLink="MC"]"Love for Sale" sound joyous. However, when one evaluates her career on a whole, there is simply no one else in her class. ~ Scott Yanow

Top Tracks

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• (i Put) A Four Leaf Clover In Your Pocket

• A Fine Romance

• A Foggy Day

• A Kiss Goodnight

• A Lover Is Blue

• A Night In Tunisia

• A Sunday Kind Of Love

• Across The Alley From The Alamo

• After I Say I'm Sorry

• Ain't Misbehavin'

• Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own

• Air Mail Special

• Airmail Special

• Alexander's Ragtime Band

• All Of Me

• All The Things You Are

• All Too Soon

• Always True To You In My Fashion

• Angel Eyes

• Anything Goes

• April In Paris

• A-tisket, A-tasket

• Baby, It's Cold Outside

• Baby, Won't You Please Come Home

• Beale Street Blues

• Begin The Beguine

• Bess, You Is My Woman Now

• Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

• Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered

• Bill Bailey

• Black Coffee

• Blue Lou

• Blue Moon

• Blue Skies

• Blues In The Night

• Body And Soul

• Born To Lose

• But Not For Me

• Can't Buy Me Love

• Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

• Caravan

• Cheek To Cheek

• Chew Chew Chew

• Christmas In New Orleans

• Come Rain Or Come Shine

• Cotton Tail

• Crazy Rhythm

• Cry Me A River

• Dancing On The Ceiling

• Darktown Strutters' Ball

• Day In - Day Out

• Dedicated To You

• Deep In A Dream

• Deep In The Heart Of The South

• Desafinado (off Key)

• Diga Diga Doo

• Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me

• Don'cha Go 'way Mad

• Don't Be That Way

• Don't Get Around Much Anymore

• Dream A Little Dream Of Me

• Duke's Place

• Early Autumn

• Easy To Love

• Ella's Contribution To The Blues

• Everybody Rock

• Evil On Your Mind

• Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

• Fascinating Rhythm

• Fine And Mellow

• Five O'clock Whistle

• Flying Home

• From This Moment On

• Get Happy

• God Bless The Child

• Gone With The Wind

• Goodnight My Love

• Got To Get You Into My Life

• Hallelujah I Love Him So

• Hallelujah, I Love Him So

• Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe

• Have You Met Miss Jones?

• Heat Wave

• Hello, Dolly!

• Honeysuckle Rose

• How Deep Is The Ocean?

• How High The Moon

• How Long Has This Been Going On

• How Long Has This Been Going On?

• I Can't Face The Music

• I Can't Get Started

• I Can't Give You Anything But Love

• I Concentrate On You

• I Could Write A Book

• I Didn't Know About You

• I Didn't Know What Time It Was

• I Get A Kick Out Of You

• I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)

• I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'

• I Got Rhythm

• I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart

• I Love Being Here With You

• I Love Paris

• I Loves You, Porgy

• I Remember You

• I Want The Waiter (with The Water)

• I Want To Be Happy

• I Want To Talk About You

• I Wished On The Moon

• I Won't Dance

• If I Were A Bell

• I'll Chase The Blues Away

• I'm Beginning To See The Light

• I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

• I'm Just A Lucky So And So

• I'm Old Fashioned

• I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town

• In The Evening (when The Sun Goes Down)

• In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning

• Isn't It A Pity?

• Isn't It Romantic?

• It Ain't Necessarily So

• It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

• It Don't Mean A Thing (if It Ain't Got That Swing)

• It Had To Be You

• It Never Entered My Mind

• It's Only A Paper Moon

• I've Got A Crush On You

• I've Got The World On A String

• I've Got You Under My Skin

• Jingle Bells

• Joy To The World

• Just Another Rhumba

• Just A-sittin' And A-rockin'

• Just One Of Those Things

• Laura

• Let's Call The Whole Thing Off

• Let's Do It (let's Fall In Love)

• Let's Face The Music And Dance

• Let's Fall In Love

• Let's Kiss And Make Up

• Let's Take A Walk Around The Block

• Like Someone In Love

• Limehouse Blues

• Little White Lies

• Love For Sale

• Love Is Here To Stay

• Love That Boy

• Love You Madly

• Lover Come Back To Me

• Lover Come Back To Me [live At The Crescendo]

• Lover Man

• Lover, Come Back To Me

• Lullaby Of Birdland

• Lush Life

• Mack The Knife

• Mack The Knife [live At The Crescendo]

• Makin' Whoopee

• Mas Que Nada

• Maybe

• Miss Otis Regrets

• Misty Blue

• Molasses, Molasses (it's Icky Sticky Goo)

• Mood Indigo

• Moonlight In Vermont

• More Than You Know

• Mr. Paganini

• My Favorite Things

• My Funny Valentine

• My Heart Belongs To Daddy

• My Man's Gone Now

• My Melancholy Baby

• Nice Work If You Can Get It

• Night And Day

• Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!

• Oh, Lady Be Good

• Oh, Lady, Be Good!

• Old Devil Moon

• Old Macdonald Had A Farm

• Old Mother Hubbard

• On A Slow Boat To China

• One O'clock Jump

• Ooo Baby Baby

• Our Love Is Here To Stay

• Out Of Nowhere

• Over The Rainbow

• Perdido

• Pete Kelly's Blues

• Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

• Porgy And Bess, Opera~buzzard Song

• Porgy And Bess, Opera~i Got Plenty O'nuttin'

• Porgy And Bess, Opera~medley: Here Come De Honey Man; Crab Man; Oh, Dey's So Fresh And Fine (strawberry Woman)

• Porgy And Bess, Opera~my Man's Gone Now

• Rockin' In Rhythm

• 'round Midnight

• Royal Garden Blues

• 's Wonderful

• Satin Doll

• Sentimental Journey

• Silent Night

• Sing Me A Swing Song (and Let Me Dance)

• Sing Song Swing

• Sleigh Ride

• Smack Dab In The Middle

• Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell

• Somebody Loves Me

• Someone To Watch Over Me

• Something's Gotta Give

• Sophisticated Lady

• St. James Infirmary

• St. Louis Blues

• Stairway To The Stars

• Stardust

• Stars Fell On Alabama

• Stompin' At The Savoy

• Stone Cold Dead In The Market

• Stone Cold Dead In The Market (he Had It Coming)

• Stormy Weather

• Strange Fruit

• Sugar Blues

• Summertime

• Sweet Georgia Brown

• 'tain't What You Do (it's The Way That You Do It)

• Take Me To The Water

• Take The "a" Train

• Take The "a" Train [single Disc Best Of Version]

• Take The 'a' Train

• Taking A Chance On Love

• Tenderly

• That Old Black Magic

• The Frim Fram Sauce

• The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game

• The Lady Is A Tramp

• The Man That Got Away

• The Muffin Man

• The Song Is Ended

• The Starlit Hour

• The Way You Look Tonight

• Them There Eyes

• There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York

• There's No You

• These Foolish Things

• They All Laughed

• They Can't Take That Away From Me

• Things Ain't What They Used To Be

• Too Close For Comfort

• Too Darn Hot

• Too Marvelous For Words

• Traffic Jam

• Undecided

• Walkin' In The Sunshine

• Walking By The River

• Walking In The Sunshine

• Well All Right (tonight's The Night)

• What A Diff'rence A Day Made

• What A Wonderful World

• What Am I Here For?

• What Is This Thing Called Love?

• Whatever Lola Wants

• What's New?

• What's Your Story, Morning Glory?

• When I Get Low I Get High

• When My Sugar Walks Down The Street

• Who's Sorry Now?

• Yesterdays

• You Don't Know What Love Is

• You Go To My Head

• You Took Advantage Of Me

• You Turned The Tables On Me

• You Won't Be Satisfied (until You Break My Heart)

• You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

• You'll Have To Swing It (mr. Paganini)

• You're My Thrill

• You're The Top

• 'zat You, Santa Claus?

Discography

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• Great Ladies of Jazz [United Multi License]

  AAO Music / TKO Records

  2006

• Sophisticated Lady [Great]

  Great

  2001

• Memories

  MCA

  1991

• All That Jazz

  Pablo

  1990

• Easy Living

  Pablo

  1986

• Nice Work If You Can Get It

  Pablo

  1983

• Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

  Pablo

  1983

• Speak Love

  Pablo

  1983

• The Best Is Yet to Come

  Original Jazz Classics

  1983

• A Perfect Match

  Pablo

  1979

• A Classy Pair

  Pablo

  1979

• Dream Dancing

  Pablo

  1978

• Lady Time

  Original Jazz Classics

  1978

• Montreux '77

  Original Jazz Classics

  1977

• Ella Fitzgerald [1976]

  Pablo

  1976

• Fitzgerald and Pass...Again

  Original Jazz Classics

  1976

• Montreux '75

  Pablo

  1975

• At the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975

  Original Jazz Classics

  1975

• Ella in London

  Pablo Records / Pablo/OJC

  1974

• Fine and Mellow

  Pablo

  1974

• Ella Fitzgerald Jams

  Pablo

  1974

• Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall

  Sony Music Distribution

  1973

• Ella A Nice

  Original Jazz Classics

  1971

• Ella

  Collectables

  1969

• Sunshine of Your Love

  PolyGram

  1969

• Misty Blue

  Capitol

  1968

• Thirty by Ella

  Capitol

  1968

• Ella & Duke at the Côte D'Azur

  Polygram

  1967

• Brighten the Corner

  Capitol

  1967

• Whisper Not

  Verve / Universal Distribution

  1966

• The World of Ella Fitzgerald

  Metro

  1966

• Ella Fitzgerald [1965]

  Joker

  1965

• Ella at Duke's Place

  Verve / Polygram

  1965

• Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book

  Verve / Polygram

  1964

• Ella at Juan-Les-Pins

  Universal B.V. / Verve

  1964

• These Are the Blues

  Verve

  1963

• Ella Swings Gently with Nelson

  Verve / Polygram

  1963

• Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book

  Verve

  1963

• Rhythm Is My Business

  Verve / Polygram

  1962

• Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson

  Verve / Polygram

  1962

• Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! + 9 bonus tracks

  Universal Division Jazz / Verve

  1962

• Ella Returns to Berlin

  Verve

  1961

• The Harold Arlen Songbook, Vol. 1

  Verve

  1961

• Ella in Hollywood: Live at the Crescendo

  Verve

  1961

• The Harold Arlen Songbook, Vol. 2

  Verve

  1961

• Sings More Cole Porter

  Verve

  1961

• Ella at the Opera House

  Verve

  1960

• Mack the Knife/Ella in Berlin/Hello Love

  Verve

  1960

• The Intimate Ella

  Verve

  1960

• Get Happy!

  Verve / PolyGram / Universal Distribution / Universal Ireland

  1959

• Ella Swings Lightly

  Verve / Polygram

  1959

• Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers

  Verve

  1958

• Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert

  Verve

  1958

• Ella, Lena, Billie & Sarah

  Harmony

  1958

• Porgy and Bess

  Verve

  1957

• One O'Clock Jump

  Verve / PolyGram / Universal Classics & Jazz

  1957

• Like Someone in Love

  Verve

  1957

• Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book

  Verve

  1957

• Lady Be Good!

  Dreyfus / Dreyfus Records

  1957

• Sings the Cole Porter Song Book

  DCC Compact Classics / Verve

  1956

• Songs in a Mellow Mood

  Universal Distribution

  1955

• Ella Sings Gershwin

  1951

• Souvenir Album

  Decca

  1950

• Ella & Ray

  Jazz Live

  1948