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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald is a jazz artist from Newport News, Virginia, USA formed in 1934. 132 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · Newport News, Virginia, USA · Best jazz albums
- 132
- Releases
- 1956–2026
- Active years
- 1934
- Formed
Discography
130
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Pure Ella
1994 · 20 tracks
Ella for Lovers
2003
Swingsation: Ella Fitzgerald With Chick Webb
1998
Ella Sings, Chick Swings
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Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 2
2025
INTEGRAL ELLA FITZGERALD 1958 - 1959
2025
LOVE SONGS
2024
Great Women Of Song: Ella Fitzgerald
2024
INTEGRAL ELLA FITZGERALD 1956-1957
2024
Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Song Book (Live)
2022
Ella In London (Live At Ronnie Scott's, London, England / April 11, 1974)
2020
Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (Live)
2020
The Complete Piano Duets
2020
Songs In A Mellow Mood
2019
The Songbook 1956-1959
2019
Gold
2018
Something To Live For
2018
The Complete Original Song Books
2018
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Ella Fitzgerald
2018
Ella & Friends
2018
The Last Decca Years 1949-1954
2018
Rhythm Is My Business
2018
100 Songs For A Centennial
2017
Ella At Zardi's (Live At Zardi’s/1956)
2017
The Complete Decca Singles Vol. 3: 1942-1949
2017
The Complete Decca Singles Vol. 4: 1950-1955
2017
The Complete Decca Singles Vol. 1: 1935-1939
2017
The Complete Decca Singles Vol. 2: 1939-1941
2017
Someone To Watch Over Me
2017
Jazz At The Philharmonic: The Ella Fitzgerald Set
2016
Best Of The Song Books - The Collection
2015
Sophisticated Lady (Live)
2015
Christmas
2015
The Early Years - Part 2 (1939-1941)
2014
Ella Fitzgerald: Verve Ultimate Cool
2013
Ella Returns To Berlin
2013
Ella Fitzgerald - Gold
2013
Live At Mister Kelly's
2012
Colección Grandes Maestros del Jazz 2
2011
Ella And Oscar (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
2011
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Easy Living [Original Jazz Classics Remasters]
2011
Ella In Japan
2011
The Best Of Twelve Nights In Hollywood
2010
Twelve Nights In Hollywood
2009
Misty Blue
2009
Miss Ella's Playhouse
2008
Ella
2008
Love, Ella
2007
The Collection (The Capitol Recordings)
2007
The Very Best Of The Rodgers And Hart Song Book
2007
Love Letters From Ella - The Never-Before-Heard Recordings
2007
The Very Best Of The Cole Porter Song Book
2007
Ultimate Ella Fitzgerald
2007
The Very Best Of The Gershwin Song Book
2007
The Very Best Of The Duke Ellington Song Book
2007
Ella In Rome - The Birthday Concert
2007
The Very Best Of The Irving Berlin Song Book
2007
JATP In Tokyo, Live At The Nichigeki Theatre 1953
2007
The Very Best Of The Harold Arlen Song Book
2007
Take Love Easy
2006
The Best Is Yet To Come
2006
A Classy Pair
2006
Jazz At The Santa Monica Civic '72
2006
Ella & Oscar
2006
Montreux '77
2006
The Very Best of the Song Books
2006
The Leopard Lounge Presents - Ella Fitzgerald: The Reprise Years
2006
Fitzgerald & Pass...Again
2006
The Best Of The Concert Years
2006
Fine And Mellow
2006
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
2005
30 By Ella
2004
Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1
2003
Ella Abraca Jobim: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook
2003
Diva
2003
Ella Fitzgerald: Ken Burns's Jazz
2000
Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Ella Fitzgerald
2000
In Budapest
1999
First Lady of Song
1999
The Early Years - Part 1 (1935-1938)
1997
Columbia Jazz
1997
Priceless Jazz 1: Ella Fitzgerald
1997
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Christmas
1997
Feeling Swing
1997
Oh, Lady, Be Good! Best of the Gershwin Songbook
1996
Bluella: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Blues
1996
Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings
1995
The War Years (1941-1947)
1994
Essential Ella
1994
Verve Jazz Masters 6: Ella Fitzgerald
1994
The Concert Years
1994
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books
1993
Ella Fitzgerald - First Lady Of Song
1993
The Best Of The Song Books
1993
The Early Years, Part 1
1992
All That Jazz
1990
The Best Of Ella Fitzgerald
1988
A Perfect Match
1987
Easy Living
1986
Stockholm Concert 1966
1984
Ella A Nice
1983
Speak Love
1983
Nice Work If You Can Get It
1983
Digital III At Montreux
1980
Dream Dancing
1978
Lady Time
1978
At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975
1975
Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas
1968
Brighten the Corner
1967
Whisper Not
1966
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book
1965
Hello, Dolly!
1964
Ella Sings Broadway
1963
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook
1963
These Are the Blues
1963
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book
1961
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
Hello Love
1960
Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
1960
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook
1959
Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers
1959
Get Happy!
1959
Ella Swings Lightly
1958
The Irving Berlin Songbook
1958
At Newport
1958
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
1957
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book, Volume 1
1957
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book
1957
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
1956
Sings Cole Porter
1956
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Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella", was an American jazz and song vocalist. With a vocal range spanning three octaves (D♭3 to D♭6), she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. Fitzgerald was a notable interpreter of the Great American Songbook. Over the course of her 59-year recording career, she was the winner of 13 Grammy Awards and was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Ronald Reagan and the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush. Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, Virginia, the daughter of William and Temperance "Tempie" Fitzgerald. The pair separated soon after her birth, and Ella and her mother went to Yonkers, New York, where they eventually moved in with Tempie's longtime boyfriend, Joseph Da Silva. Fitzgerald's half-sister, Frances Da Silva, was born in 1923. She and her family were Methodists and were active in the Bethany African Methodist Episcopal Church, and she regularly attended worship services, Bible study, and Sunday School.
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In her youth, Fitzgerald wanted to be a dancer, although she loved listening to jazz recordings by Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby and The Boswell Sisters. She idolized the lead singer Connee Boswell, later saying, "My mother brought home one of her records, and I fell in love with it....I tried so hard to sound just like her." In 1932, her mother died from a heart attack. Following this trauma, Fitzgerald's grades dropped dramatically, and she frequently skipped school. Abused by her stepfather, she was first taken in by an aunt and, at one point, worked as a lookout at a bordello and also with a Mafia-affiliated numbers runner. When the authorities caught up with her, she was first placed in the Colored Orphan Asylum in Riverdale, Bronx. However, when the orphanage proved too crowded, she was moved to the New York Training School for Girls in Hudson, New York, a state reformatory. Eventually she escaped and for a time was homeless. She made her singing debut at 17 on November 21, 1934, at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. She pulled in a weekly audience at the Apollo and won the opportunity to compete in one of the earliest of its famous "Amateur Nights". She had originally intended to go on stage and dance, but, intimidated by the Edwards Sisters, a local dance duo, she opted to sing instead in the style of Connee Boswell. She sang Boswell's "Judy" and "The Object of My Affection," a song recorded by the Boswell Sisters, and won the first prize of US$25.00.
Ella Fitzgerald in brief
- How many Ella Fitzgerald releases are on Riffiter?
- 132 releases are catalogued, spanning 1956 to 2026.
- When was Ella Fitzgerald formed?
- Ella Fitzgerald formed in 1934, in Newport News, Virginia, USA.
- What genre is Ella Fitzgerald?
- Ella Fitzgerald is catalogued under Jazz.
- What is the most recent Ella Fitzgerald release on Riffiter?
- How High The Moon (Live at Falkoner Theatre, Denmark, 1966), released in 2026.