
Ella Fitzgerald recording an episode of PBS' "Soundstage" in Chicago, Nov. 20, 1979.
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Scat That: Ella Fitzgerald at 100
Born April 25, 2017, she was the First Lady of Song—master of swing, bebop, the Great American Songbook and anything else she wanted to sing. A quintessential American cultural figure, she was canonized for who she was—and criticized for who she was not, and for what people wanted her to be.