Ella Fitzgerald was a legendary jazz singer known as the Queen of Scat. She was born into poverty in New York City and was homeless for a year before getting her big break performing at the Apollo Theater in 1934. Fitzgerald went on to record over 2,000 songs, win 13 Grammy awards, and sell over 40 million records. She worked with many famous musicians including Louis Armstrong and helped popularize scat singing. Fitzgerald overcame discrimination as a black entertainer to become a musical legend, recording over 2,000 songs in her career.

1. Ella Fitzgerald
The Queen of Scat

2. A
MUSIC
LEGEND

3. Music Facts
• Recorded over 2000
songs
• Won 13 Grammy
awards
• Sold over 40 million
records

4. • Ella Fitzgerald grew
up very poor in New
York City.
• She was homeless for
a year before she got
her big break.
Ella Fitzgerald was born very poor.

5. Her First Stage Appearance
• Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater in 1934
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6. • She worked with
many musicians
including Louis
Armstrong also
known as Satchmo.

7. S C A T
• A
• wordless
• form
• of
• vocalizing
• and improvisation

8. HIT #1
• A Tisket A Tasket

9. “I never knew how
good our songs
were until I heard Ella
Fitzgerald sing them.”
--Ira
Gershwin

10. • Ella Fitzgerald refused to accept any
type of discrimination when it was
difficult for a black entertainer to make it
to the top.

11. “The only thing better than
singing
is
More singing!”
Ella Fitzgerald

12. 1917 - 1996
A
True
Musical
Legend