Ella Fitzgerald
- MatchElla Fitzgerald
- 100%Louis Armstrong
- 96%Sarah Vaughan
- 88%Nat "King" Cole
- 86%Billie Holiday
- 83%Peggy Lee
- 80%Julie London
- 74%Dinah Washington
- 65%Anita O'Day
- 61%Frank Sinatra
- 61%Nina Simone
Biography
Ella Jane Fitzgerald, 25 April 1917, Newport News, Virginia, USA, d. 15 June 1996, Beverly Hills, California, USA. Following the disappearance of her father, Fitzgerald was taken to Yonkers, New York by her mother and her new man Joseph da Silva. At school she sang with a glee club and showed early promise, but preferred dancing to singing. Even so, chronic shyness militated against her chances of succeeding as an entertainer. Nevertheless, she entered a talent contest at the famous Apollo... Read more