Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald is an important icon in the music industry. She has gained a number of titles throughout the years, including the Queen of Jazz, First Lady of Song, and even Lady Ella. Once you hear her sing, you’ll understand why she’s befitting all those titles and so much more. She retired in 1993, after 60 years of being in the music industry. Sadly for music fans all over the world, she passed away a few years later at the age of 79. There’s no doubt that Fitzgerald still possesses a degree of influence in the industry because of her impressive legacy.

Throughout her amazing career, she earned fourteen Grammy Awards and even a Presidential Medal of Freedom. What an incredible talent this American jazz singer was! She was particularly praised for the purity of her tone and horn-like improvisational ability, timing, and intonation. Her best-known songs includes Cheek to Cheek, It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing), and Dream a Little Dream of Me.