(April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996)   Ella Fitzgerald,   Famed jazz singer known for her “skat” style of signing,   was born in Newport News, VA, on April 25, 1918.     TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.      

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Via: Foxbaltimore.com Metro says service has returned to normal on the orange and blue lines following a minor derailment near the Rosslyn Station in northern Virginia. The transit agency says one set of wheels on a blue line train traveling to Franconia-Springfield came off the tracks about 7 p.m. Tuesday. Metro says crews worked through […]

Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the “First Lady of Song” “Queen of Jazz” and “Lady Ella,” was an American jazz and song vocalist. With a vocal range spanning three octaves, she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a “horn-like” improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. […]