Ella Fitzgerald A TISKET, A TASKET from Ride Em Cowboy , 1942

This is an excerpt from the movie Gallop, Boy (Ride Em Cowboy, 1942) starring Abbott Costello. In this scene we can see Ella Fitzgerald performing her hit ATisket, ATasket, 1938. Content from NBC Universal. , EllaFitzgerald, 105thBirthday, 105thAnniversary Ella Jane Fitzgerald (, April25th, 1917 June 15, 1996) was an American , jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a hornlike improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. Ella Fitzgerald recorded 250 music albums during her creative life, which lasted more than five decades, and won 13 Grammy Awards the highest awards of the American music world. She truly was and remains the , FirstLadyofJazz.