Ella Fitzgerald, known as the First Lady of Song, was a legendary jazz singer celebrated for her extraordinary vocal range and emotive delivery. Fitzgerald’s unique ability to master both scat singing ...

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"They're swingin' everything else—why not nursery rhymes?" stated Ella Fitzgerald while dancing around the room showcasing some new dance moves. This and other charming anecdotes are documented in ...

IT'S AN ODD SENSATION TO FIND A BASKET flowing through your hands like water. But slide a palm along the finest American Indian baskets and that's just what happens. Tightly coiled rows ripple under ...

Van Alexander, the 1940s bandleader who co-wrote “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” with Ella Fitzgerald and went on to score dozens of films and TV shows in the 1950s and ’60s, died of heart failure Sunday ...

“The First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 on 25 April: institutions from the Library of Congress to the Grammy Museum will be honouring her amazing contributions to the jazz canon ...

John Hasse tells us a little about Ella Fitzgerald's popular hit A-Tisket-A-Tasket in celebration of the Ella at 100 exhibit in National Museum of American History ...

Silkscreen-style images of New York City, picturing "soul food" signs and downtown icons like the Brooklyn Bridge, illustrate this rendition of Ella Fitzgerald's 1938 song. A boy in a blue baseball ...

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Terry Conour from Olney, IL. He listens to Weekend Edition on member ...