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Ella in Berlin is a 1960 live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. This album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have "qualitative or historical significance."
The song was included on the album Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife released in July. [56] The song was released as a single in April 1960. [57] This version made the US Hot 100, peaking at No. 27 in June 1960. [58] This song was Fitzgerald's best performing song in the 1960s, and she included the song in all her subsequent shows. [59]
The First Lady of Jazz is a statue of Ella Fitzgerald situated outside the Yonkers Metro-North station in the city of Yonkers in Westchester County, New York, United States. It was unveiled in October 1996; Fitzgerald had died in June 1996 at the age of 79. [1] The statue is cast in bronze and stands on a two tier granite pedestal.
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve is a compilation album released on Verve Records in 1997. It comprises three compact discs containing the three studio albums made for the label by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong , released during 1956 through 1958.
Ella Fitzgerald at the Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall is a 1973 live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by a reconstructed Chick Webb Band, the pianist Ellis Larkins, and for the second half of the album, the Tommy Flanagan Quartet (featuring Joe Pass).
Ellis Larkins (May 15, 1923 [1] – September 29, 2002) [2] was an American jazz pianist born in Baltimore, Maryland, known for his two recordings with Ella Fitzgerald: the albums Ella Sings Gershwin (1950) and Songs in a Mellow Mood (1954). [3] He was also the pianist on the first solo sides by singer Chris Connor on her album Chris (1954).
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! is a 1961 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, ... Tracks 15 to 17; recorded 23 January 1961 in New York Ella Fitzgerald – vocals;
At the Opera House is a 1958 live album by Ella Fitzgerald. The album presents a recording of the 1957 Jazz at the Philharmonic Concerts. This series of live jazz concerts was devised by Fitzgerald's manager Norman Granz; they ran from 1944 to 1983. Featured on this occasion, in 1957, are Fitzgerald and the leading jazz players of the day in an ...