Since the summer of 1935, Fitzgerald performed on the Apollo stage and at the Harlem Savoy Dance Hall.
That same year, Ella Fitzgerald recorded her debut album with the Webb Orchestra. After listening to the young singer, he signed a contract. Seeing untidy awkward Ella who had men's shoes on, Chick refused to listen to her. Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra - "The Lady Is A Tramp" Singer Charlie Linton brought the girl for an audition to Chick Webb himself, who asked Linton to find him a new female performer. The singer took the first step on her path to glory in 1935 when she was accepted into the famous jazz Chick Webb Orchestra. The creative biography of Ella Fitzgerald developed progressively. Fitzgerald won and received an award: $ 25 and an opportunity to work at Apollo for a week. Ella performed the song "Judy" so brilliantly that the audience was numb with admiration. The host stopped the performance with a joke, and, encouraging the young girl, gave her a second chance. During her first time on stage, the girl was anxious and realized with horror that her voice was gone. She learned about the participation of strong rivals and decided to replace her dance performance with a singing one.Ī post shared by Leo Kornalijnslijper on at 4:34am PDT Louis Jordan and Ella Fitzgerald in the Recording Studioįor Ella Fitzgerald's performance, she had only one dress, and it didn't look like a stage outfit either. Fitzgerald learned the dance and came to the competition, but on the last day before the show, the young actress changed her mind. Fate gave her a chance to escape from poverty: in November 1934, aspiring singers and dancers signed up for a competition of amateurs, which took place on the stage of the Apollo Harlem Theater. MusicĮlla Fitzgerald returned to Harlem, where she worked as a dancer in clubs. Freedom-loving Fitzgerald escaped from Hudson Boarding School and found herself on the street: returning to her aunt's house was equivalent to coming back to the boarding school. Ella Jane was taken to an orphanage in the Bronx, where she was soon brought to a boarding school for girls. Soon social services, as well as the police became interested in the young girl. To be able to bring money into the house, underage Ella Fitzgerald got a job in a Harlem whore house as a caretaker and saw the other side of life. But the future Jazz singer never returned to school. Because of the numerous scandals with her stepfather, the girl left home and settled in Harlem with her aunt. Ella forgot her school studies and soon dropped out of it. Ella FitzgeraldĪt the age of fourteen, Fitzgerald became an orphan: her mother died of a heart attack. What a fabulous song! Let's all enjoy it together. Like all dark-skinned children living on the streets, Ella could dance perfectly and thought that dancing was her future career. When she was alone, she put on Connee Boswell's records and learned the songs, copying the performance one-to-one. Ella Fitzgerald was interested in cinema, music, dancing, and sports. But the elder sister grew up as a cheerful child, who tried to see only the bright side of life. Her mother and stepfather lived from hand to mouth: the money they earned was just enough to buy food and pay rent. Here Ella sang for the first time, gently repeating gospels after the church choir. The religious family attended the service of Methodist church every Sunday. In Yonkers, the woman met an immigrant from Portugal, and after six years, Ella had a half-sister, Frances Da Silva. To survive, Temperance moved to a more work-friendly Yonkers in the Southeast of New York. He left his 23-year-old partner, Temperance "Tempie" Henry, who worked as a laundress, soon after the birth of little Ella Jane.
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William Fitzgerald worked as a driver of a lift-truck. Ella's parents gave her African-American and Irish blood. Lady Ella was born in the spring of 1917 in Newport News, Virginia, the U.S. Ella explained the miracle simply: "I mentally put myself in the place of the tenor saxophone."ġ3-time Grammy award winner and the holder of all the most prestigious awards became a legend of world jazz, and her name became a need-to-know basis for music lovers and vocalists. Fitzgerald succeeded in something no one had ever done before: she was the first vocalist to improvise the sounds of musical instruments. Music critics claimed that she broke through all the possible boundaries and could sing the text of a phone book if she wished. A post shared by The Ivy Brand on at 1:35pm PDT Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald