Born: 25 April 1917 in Newport News, Virginia, USA.
Died: 15 June 1996 in Beverly Hills, California, USA (aged 79).

Dubbed 'The First Lady Of Song', Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the US for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she sold over 40 million albums and won 13 Grammy Awards:
- Best Jazz Performance, Individual for Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book
- Best Vocal Performance, Female for Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook
- Best Jazz Performance - Soloist for Ella Swings Lightly
- Best Vocal Performance, Female for But Not For Me from Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Books
- Best Vocal Performance Album, Female for Mack The Knife - Ella In Berlin
- Best Vocal Performance Single Record Or Track, Female for Mack The Knife from Mack The Knife - Ella In Berlin
- Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female for Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance for Fitzgerald & Pass...Again
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance for Fine And Mellow
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female for A Perfect Match
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female for Digital III At Montreux
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female for The Best Is Yet To Come
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female for All That Jazz

Mother of jazz pianist/singer Ray Brown Jr., ex-wife of jazz double-bassist Ray Brown.