What was Zelda Fitzgerald known for?

Answer 1

Ella Fitzgerald took many risks with her 'scat' style singing with 'All Night Long'; 'God Bless the Child' and 'Honeysuckle Rose. She hit high notes no one had heard before. Ella Fitzgerald could fit in with any singing artist and added more 'juice and pump' to the song. In Februrary of 1989 she had a sold out concert at Radio City Music Hall. Her nickname is 'The first lady of song' and after 55 years she is still going strong. She has performed at Levaggis, the Cotton Club, etc. She did over 230 recordings for Decca Records during the mid to late 30s. Other songs were 'How High the Moon' and 'Oh, Lady Be Good' in 1947. Her most famous albums for Verve have been the continuing series of 'Songbooks' dedicated to the works of America's great composers and lyricists, Cole Porter (1956), Rodgers and Hart (1956), Duke Ellington (1956), George and Ira Gershwin (1958-1959), Irving Berlin (1958), and Harold Arlen (1960). Fitzgerald has recorded almost 150 albums in total. Some were recorded live at jazz festivals in the U.S. or Europe, among them, the popular Montreux '77 (on Pablo) with the Tommy Flanagan Trio and 'In a Mellow Mood or Sweet and Hot.' Estimates of her total sales range upwards from 25,000,000. Fitzgerald's career progressed steadily with frequent tours of Europe and the Orient appearances at the Newport (now Kool and JVC in New York) Jazz Festivals and a constant schedule of recordings. the many great she has played with are Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Errol Garner, Earl Hines, and Oscar Peterson. She did not like to play hotel lounges, but did with Count Basie Orchestra and also Starlight Roof and Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Fitzgerald appeared in the 1958 film 'Pete Kelly's Blues' and sang 'Hard Hearted Hannah' as its title song. She was one of the first black jazz performers to be engaged for a TV appearance in the 1950s and has since appeared over 200 times on American and European TV. 'Stone Cold Dead in the Market,' (with bandleader Louis Jourdan) was mainstream jazz's first Calypso hit. She was among the first to integrate both Bossa Nova and the Beatles into her repertory in the early 1960s. Her reviews in a 1966 engagement with Earl (Fatha) Hines she sang 'Sweet Georgia Brown,' 'Lover Man,' and 'Don't Be That Way' and 'Boots are Made for Walking.' Her signature song is 'Sunshine of My Life.' Fitzgerald has won 12 Grammys to the Kennedy Center Award to an honorary doctorate in music from Yale University. During a four-year stretch from 1958 to 1962, she won Best Vocal Performance (female) for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958), 'But Not For Me' (1959), 'Mack the Knife' (1960), Mack the Knife .. Ella in Berlin (1960), and Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson Riddle (1962); and she won Best Jazz Performance awards for Ella Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1958) and Ella Sings Lightly (1959). Fitzgerald was also given the NARAS Trustees Award (The Bing Crosby Award) for lifetime achievement in all possible categories in 1967. She holds many records in her 18 consecutive years as best female jazz singer in the down beat magazine poll.

Answer 2

Ella Fitzgerald is well known for her vocal talents. One of her most famous song is ÒAt LastÓ which is sung almost daily at weddings even across the world. She is also one of the first African American women singers to make it big in the industry.

Answer 3

Zelda was F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife. She dabbled in dance and writing, but she was best known for being his wife.