Ella+Fitzgerald

media type="youtube" key="PrVu9WKs498" width="311" height="364" align="right" by Sarah, grade 6 Ella Fitzgerald was born in Newport News on April 25th, 1917. When she was three years old she, her mother and her sister moved to Yonkers, New York. In 1932 Ella’s mother died. Then she had to go live with her aunt in Harlem. On a dare, she was going to enter as a dancer at the Apollo. But at the last minute she decided to sing two songs. Those two songs were “Judy” and “The object of My Affection”. And she won. Then she met Benny Carter who brought her to the attention of Chick Webb. After she met Chick she started to perform with Chick at the Savoy Ballroom. Then Chick became Ella’s legal guardian. Ella became more and more popular. Her most famous song was “A Tisket, a Tasket”. In 1970 her voice began to fade and she started to have heart problems. Even today, people play her music.