Ella Fitzgerald the First Lady of Song

Ella Fitzgerald

On April 25, 1917 Ella Fitzgerald was born, in Newport News, Va., but she spent most of her youth in Yonkers, N.Y., after her father's death. She struggled to stay upbeat monetarily, she along with her mother shifted to the city near Hudson River from the Bronx, to stay with her aunt. Ella took up different occupations in order to support her family financially. Every artist has tale of how she or he became famous, but a hardly anyone can match the story of late Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996). She was known as a pioneer ...