Cool facts about Ella Fitzgerald
Posted on Nov 24, 2025 / Celebs
- She won 13 Grammy Awards and was the first African American woman to win a Grammy.
- Ella’s nickname was "The First Lady of Song," and she recorded over 200 albums.
- She learned scat partly by listening to instrumentalists and treating her voice like an instrument.
- Her "Songbook" series covered composers from Gershwin to Cole Porter and became hugely influential.
- She toured with Louis Armstrong and their duets remain classics of jazz vocal duelling.
- Ella performed for presidents, kings and pop crowds, showing her wide appeal.
- She kept performing into the 1990s, proving her voice and spirit lasted a lifetime.
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