I love this woman, and I love this quote. Ella Fitzgerald paved the way for so many of today’s great female singers. She could hit a note with absolute perfection, and when she came out the other side of it was just as strong as when she went into it. A quiet woman, Ella had a horrific childhood, abused, abandoned, and even ending up homeless for a while. At 17 she was given her first break and the music began.
Later in her life she founded Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation where the arts are celebrated, and a children’s book program exists called A Book For Me. Yearly 100 nonprofit organizations are provided free books for children.
This was a good person.
I thought I has heard all there was to hear from Ella, and then a few years back NPR spoke about this video. I didn’t believe it, but my son found it for me on the old interweb here, and I often go to it and listen.
Yes, it’s the song you think it is.
From 1969 here is Ella singing Sunshine of Your Love.
She nails it.
The greatest female singer of the 20th century.