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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.
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Ragtime and Tin Pan Alley were influential genres that emerged in the late 19th century. Ragtime originated in African American communities and was characterized by syncopated rhythms. It was mostly associated with piano music. Tin Pan Alley referred to the music publishing industry centered on West 28th Street in New York City. Songwriters would compose popular songs in a formulaic style, focusing on short, memorable choruses. Major composers like Scott Joplin, Ernest Hogan, Irving Berlin, and George Gershwin emerged from Ragtime and Tin Pan Alley, helping to shape early 20th century popular music in America.
Populist Secular Music of the 19th Cen
The document discusses the rise of secular populist music in the 19th century, including minstrelsy, dance music, glee clubs, and patriotic songs. Key developments included the commercialization of folk music, the popularity of minstrel shows featuring racial stereotypes, and the use of music to express nationalist sentiments during the Civil War. Popular composers and musical styles emerged that blended European traditions with American folk influences.
Celebrities In History
This document lists famous celebrities from ancient Egypt to the present day including Queen Nefertiti, Alexander the Great, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Abraham Lincoln, Louisa May Alcott, Amelia Earhart, Al Capone, Clara Bow, Mildred "Babe" Didrikson, Marilyn Monroe, Doris Day, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Bill Cosby, Annette Funicello, Sylvester Stallone, Donald Trump, Oprah, Janice Dickinson, Tiger Woods, Jessica Simpson, and Dakota Fanning.
Celebrities In History
This document lists the names of various celebrities from ancient history to present day along with their professions and birth/death years. It includes famous figures such as Queen Nefertiti of ancient Egypt, American presidents Abraham Lincoln, authors such as Louisa May Alcott and Harriet Beecher Stowe, athlete Babe Didrikson, actresses Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, and Jessica Simpson, comedian Bill Cosby, golfer Tiger Woods, and business executive Donald Trump. The document provides basic biographical information on over 20 notable celebrities from different eras.
Blowing Saxophones And Tapping Feet – All About The Big Band Artists
The Big Band artists created history during America’s most challenging times. Their music helped people get out of their gloom and face life in all its difficulties.
1920s
Jazz originated in New Orleans in the early 20th century and was centered in Chicago in the 1920s. Popular jazz instruments included saxophone, trumpet, trombone, guitar, piano, clarinet, flute, tuba and drums. Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington were two of the most famous jazz vocalists of the era, known for songs like "What a Wonderful World" and "It Don't Mean a Thing" respectively. Dances like the Charleston became popular during the 1920s Jazz Age alongside new styles of dress that made dancing easier.
Negro Spiritual Music
Negro spirituals were songs created by enslaved Africans in the 16th-19th centuries to express their deep spirituality and hope for freedom despite hardship. The songs had characteristics like simple melodies that repeated, slow tempos, and emotional lyrics. They became popular in the 1860s when the Fisk Jubilee Singers performed them. Important figures who helped spread the genre included composer Harry T. Burleigh and singer Roland Hayes in the late 19th/early 20th century. The spirituals provided hope and strength to endure difficult conditions of slavery.
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Count Basie was a highly influential jazz bandleader and pianist who performed for almost 50 years from the early 1900s until his death in 1984. He led his group and was known for his jumping beat style as well as compositions like One O'Clock Jump and Jumpin' at the Woodside. Ella Fitzgerald was another great jazz musician from the 1940s who was renowned as a singer, particularly after leaving her group to become a solo artist and performing with Norman Granz. Her singing adapted to the bebop style and recordings like Flying Home from 1945 had a large impact on jazz music during that decade.
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Evelyn Glennie was a Scottish girl who lost her hearing at a young age but was determined to pursue her passion for music. She learned to play the xylophone and percussion instruments by feeling the vibrations. Despite discouragement, she worked hard and was accepted to the Royal Academy of Music, where she received many awards. She became a successful solo performer and showed that disability does not limit achievement.
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- 1. Ella Fitzgerald The Queen of Scat
- 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
- 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