Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella", was an American jazz vocalist with a vocal range spanning three octaves. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.

Fitzgerald was a notable interpreter of the Great American Songbook. Over the course of her 59-year recording career, she sold 40 million copies of her 70-plus albums, won 13 Grammy Awards and was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Ronald Reagan and the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush.

Ella's albums:

• 1954 Pure Ella 
• 1956 Rodgers Hart Songbook 
• 1956 The Cole Porter Songbook 
• 1957 The Duke Ellington Song Book 
• 1958 Ella Swings Lightly  
• 1958 The Irving Berlin Songs book
• 1959 The George Ira Gershwin Song Book
• 1960 Ella In Berlin Mack The Knife 
• 1961 Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie 
• 1963 The Jerome Kern Songbook 
• 1963 These Are The Blues 
• 1981 Ella Abraca Jobim 
• 1983 Nice Work If You Can Get It 
• 1986 Easy Living With Joe Pass 
• 1990 For The Love Of Ella Fitzgerald cd1 
• 1995 Lady Time
• 1995 The Early Years cd1 Part1
• 1995 The Early Years cd1 Part2
• 1996 Love Songs Best Of Verve Songbooks
• 1998 A Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald cd1
• 2001 Jazz Masters
• 2006 Lady Be Good!
• 2007 Forever Ella