Ella Fitzgerald's Culture and Times (2024)

April 25, 1917
Ella Fitzgerald is born.
1930-1939
The Great Depression
1932
Ella's mother dies.
1934
Ella's stage debut at the Apollo Theater.
1935
Ella meets Chick Webb.
1935
Ella performs at the Savoy ballroom forthe first time.
November, 1937
Ella is voted number One Female Vocalist.
1939-1945
World War II
June 16, 1939
Chick Webb dies.
1940
Ella was invited to Hollywood to sing ina movie Ride 'Em Cowboy.
October, 1945
Ella scats on her record for the firsttime.
1953
Ella begins to create her Songbook collection.
1964
Civil Rights Act passed.
Spring, 1965
Ella has an emotional breakdown on stagein Munich, Germany.
1972
Ella is diagnosed with having a cataract,loses vision in one eye.
August, 1985
Ella begins to have health problems.
June 14, 1996
Ella Fitzgerald dies.
October, 2000
Amber, Ashley, and Sadie create a timelineof Ella's life.
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