Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe at Tiffany Club, 1954. The club's owner felt that Fitzgerald lacked the glamour to draw crowds So Monroe approached him with a proposition — if he booked Fitzgerald, she promised to sit at the front of the house every night and to bring along other celebrities The club owner agreed to hire Fitzgerald for a couple of weeks in March 1955
You get 5 songs to try to impress a non-jazz listener, which . . . - Reddit Charlie Parker: Laura Dizzy Gillespie: Night in Tunisia Ella Fitzgerald: Mack The Knife Artie Shaw: Stardust Of course it is difficult to know what would please our fictitious non jazz person, because we don't know what kind of music they liked before
Duke Ellington watching Ella Fitzgerald performing : r Jazz Here's another, clearly taken the same night, where it appears it was either Ella or Duke's birthday, with George Shearing, Goodman, and the guy over Duke's right shoulder still in shot
Diana Krall- the rumours are true. : r Jazz - Reddit Attended Diana Krall's second concert in Hong Kong last night Had been waiting for months Took my front row seat for which I had worked hard to afford as a future treat to myself Concert was scheduled for 8pm but she didn't take the stage until maybe 15 minutes later
Swingin Christmas Songs : r SwingDancing - Reddit Recommendations for danceable Christmas music? So far I have: Ella Fitzgerald- Let it Snow! Lionel Hampton- Swingle Jingle Archived post New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast
in the 1950s legendary Ella Fitzgerald wasn’t allowed to . . . - Reddit in the 1950's legendary Ella Fitzgerald wasn’t allowed to perform at the famous Hollywood club Mocambo because being a Black Her friend Marylin Monroe's called the owner and told him she'd be there every night at the front table if Ella was allowed to perform He agreed