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Ella Fitzgerald was born on the 25th of April 1917 in Newport News, Virginia. Her parents were William Ashland Fitzgerald and Temperance Fitzgerald, and the family lived in the East End section of Newport News for at least two and a half years after her birth.
Ella Fitzgerald began her music career on the 21st of November 1934 when she won an amateur night at the Apollo Theater at age 17. She originally intended to dance but sang instead and won first prize, which led to her joining Chick Webb's orchestra in 1935.
Ella Fitzgerald and her entourage were ordered to leave a Pan-American Airlines flight from Honolulu to Australia in 1954 due to racial discrimination. They were stranded in Honolulu for three days before flying to Sydney, and they won a civil suit for racial discrimination against Pan-Am in January 1956.
Ella Fitzgerald died on the 15th of June 1996 at her home from a stroke. She had suffered from diabetes for several years, which led to the amputation of both legs below the knee in 1993 and damaged her eyesight.
Ella Fitzgerald's most significant recordings are the eight Song Book sets she recorded for Verve Records from 1956 to 1964. These albums include the Cole Porter Song Book and the Duke Ellington Song Book, which are considered her most critically acclaimed and commercially successful work.