Ella Fitzgerald – 75th Birthday Celebration 2CD Remastered Compilation Like New

Description: Ella Fitzgerald – 75th Birthday Celebration 2CD Remastered Compilation Like New. Condition is LIKE NEW or BRAND NEW but without shrink-wrap. Flawless, with only slight signs of use and 2 pristine CD discs. This will be packed very carefully and shipped US Media Mail with Tracking. We are happy to combine items to save you money on shipping. We can send you three typical CDs for the price of 1. Just put your selection in your shopping cart and press the Request Total button (top right) and we will get back to you with the lowest combined shipping price. Remember Media Mail starts at $3.65 for the first pound weight (or fraction), but then only 70 cents for each additional pound (or fraction). And visit our store on eBay (GutenburgReads) to see the more than 900 interesting items we are selling. From the booklet: CHAPTER I THE FIRST LADY OF SONG As in Louis, Frank, Elvis and very, very few others, the first name suffices. No one's going to ask: "Ella who?" Nor would anyone take issue with the following claim: "Ella Fitzgerald has been called the greatest and The First Lady of Song and almost every other superlative for so long now that it begins to become one of those accepted bromides like 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away,' etc." What makes this passage really quotable is that it was written 45 years ago by the late Bob Bach in the late Metronome, then a leading music magazine. The article also noted that Ella had placed first in the magazine's annual readers' poll as long ago as 1939, four years after her professional debut. Metronome is long gone, but Down Beat still runs polls, and Ella still wins them, though her reign has on occasion been interrupted by such upstarts as Sarah Vaughan and Betty Carter. At 75, the redoubtable First Lady has curtailed her appearances considerably, but seeing her at Radio City Music Hall last year proved to this old admirer that the magic is still there. She's frail now, and failing eyesight requires that she be led onto the stage, where she settles onto a stool. But once warmed up, after a couple of songs, the voice still has that essential girlish charm, the vitality still flows, the pitch is still perfect, and she swings as hard and sure as ever. Moreover, and perhaps most importantly, she still loves to perform, and still has to beg off after who knows how many encores, demanded by a crowd of fans still as committed to her as she is to them and to her art. She remains the First Lady of Song- a title that should be retired with her when the time comes. This compact disc birthday bouquet covers the period from 1938, the year of Ella's first big hit, to 1955, when her 20-year . . . By the way: For the philanthropists out there, the vast majority of the items sold by us (GutenburgReads), are for the benefit of The Shepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem, whose mission is to help house-bound seniors live full and independent lives in their own homes. The center provides transportation to medical appointments and grocery shopping, assistance with minor repairs around the house, and companionship through visits. The citizens of Winston-Salem generously donate books, music, movies, and more to us to help us achieve our mission. By buying useful items from us, you will be helping the less fortunate in our city. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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Location: Clemmons, North Carolina

End Time: 2024-11-08T16:37:12.000Z

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