SINGER

Ella Fitzgerald

1917 - 1996

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Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, absolute pitch, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. After a tumultuous adolescence, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Chick Webb Orchestra, performing across the country but most often associated with the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ella Fitzgerald has received more than 8,390,097 page views. Her biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Ella Fitzgerald is the 57th most popular singer (down from 52nd in 2019), the 358th most popular biography from United States (down from 340th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Singer.

Ella Fitzgerald is most famous for her vocal range and her ability to sing a variety of genres, such as jazz, blues, and pop.

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  • 8.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 83

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ella Fitzgerald ranks 57 out of 4,381. Before her are Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Eminem, Phil Collins, José Carreras, and Víctor Jara. After her are Jennifer Lopez, Harry Nilsson, Salvatore Adamo, Kate Bush, George Michael, and Marianne Faithfull.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Ella Fitzgerald ranks 7. Before her are John F. Kennedy, Park Chung-hee, Indira Gandhi, Heinrich Böll, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ilya Prigogine. After her are Dean Martin, Eric Hobsbawm, Frederica of Hanover, I. M. Pei, Ferdinand Marcos, and Anthony Burgess. Among people deceased in 1996, Ella Fitzgerald ranks 12. Before her are Carl Sagan, Marguerite Duras, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, and Joseph Brodsky. After her are Frank Whittle, Tadeusz Reichstein, René Lacoste, Paul Erdős, Lars Ahlfors, and Silvio Piola.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ella Fitzgerald ranks 358 out of 20,380. Before her are Jack Lemmon (1925), Spencer Tracy (1900), Oliver Stone (1946), Cliff Burton (1962), Nicole Kidman (1967), and Duke Ellington (1899). After her are Willem Dafoe (1955), Christopher Lloyd (1938), Anna Nicole Smith (1967), Mike Tyson (1966), Romina Power (1951), and Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Ella Fitzgerald ranks 23. Before her are 50 Cent (1975), Joe Dassin (1938), Lisa Marie Presley (1968), Nina Simone (1933), Stevie Wonder (1950), and Eminem (1972). After her are Jennifer Lopez (1969), Harry Nilsson (1941), Kurt Cobain (1967), Anthony Kiedis (1962), Florence Foster Jenkins (1868), and Sarah Vaughan (1924).

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