Carl Van Vechten, photographer, January 19, 1940.Ella Fitzgerald was born on April 25, 1918, in Newport News, Virginia. She was one of the leading jazz singers of all time.
Fitzgerald's career began at Amateur Night at Harlem's Apollo Theater. She soon went on to sing with the Chick Webb orchestra and made her first recordings in 1935. After Webb's death in 1939, she led the band for about three years before launching out on her own.
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