News featuring Ella Fitzgerald
The following news stories mention Ella Fitzgerald. Stories are compiled from a hand-picked selection of popular music news sites based in Great Britain, Europe and the United States. Updated less than 6 hours ago.
’13 May 25 Sat
Saturday 25th May
Today: “Top 10 live music venues in Seattle”
It's no surprise that the city that gave the world Jimi Hendrix and Nirvana rocks to the beat of great music, and while Seattle's legacy may be grunge, the city's venues leave no musical stone unturned
The Showbox at The Market
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’13 May 24 Fri
Friday 24th May
“Music Review: Lea Salonga at the Café Carlyle”
Lea Salonga sings standards at the Café Carlyle in a show that is partly a tribute to Barbra Streisand and Ella Fitzgerald.
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’13 May 15 Wed
Wednesday 15th May
“César Portillo de la Luz obituary”
Cuban songwriter whose Contigo en la Distancia (In the Distance, With You) became a huge hit
In 1946 a housepainter and amateur songwriter named César Portillo de la Luz, who has died aged 90, came up with the romantic song Contigo en la Distancia (In the Distance, With You). Heartfelt and passionate, the lyrics ("There can't be a beautiful melody, unless you're in it/ and I don't want to hear it, unless you're listening too") poured out rapidly like all the young man's compositions.
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’13 May 9 Thu
Thursday 9th May
“Readers recommend: songs about aliens – results”
RR regular AngryIrishPunk gives us his choices from last week's thread on songs about extra-terrestrials
Where does one begin the search for intelligent life on other worlds? Or, for that matter, the search for songs about intelligent life on other worlds? RR regular Chinhealer, quite rightly, suggested the complete works of Coheed and Cambria, a band that has devoted their entire musical output (plus a side-project) to telling an incredibly complex science fiction story. However, as nobody suggested any songs by them, here is this particular guest guru's take on the topic.
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’13 Apr 25 Thu
Thursday 25th April
“Google celebrates Ella Fitzgerald with doodle on 96th birthday”
Jazz singer recorded more than 200 albums, won 13 Grammys and recorded with many of the great figures of the era
Ella Fitzgerald, whose great vocal range and perfect pitch won her the monikers 'the first lady of song' and 'the queen of jazz', has been commemorated in a Google doodle.
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’13 Apr 20 Sat
Saturday 20th April
“Family life: Sunday visits, Ella Fitzgerald and chocolate salami cake”
Readers' favourite photographs, songs and recipes
Snapshot: Sunday visits to my aunts and uncles
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’13 Apr 19 Fri
Friday 19th April
“Take Five: John Fordham's month in jazz”
From Kurt Elling at Ronnie Scott's to the first London jazz festival tickets, John Fordham picks out the month's musical highlights. Tell us if there's anything we've missed – plus what you'd like to see John covering in next month's column
Profound connections: Ethan Iverson and Paul Motian
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’13 Apr 11 Thu
Thursday 11th April
“Readers recommend: songs about heat – results”
RR regular sonofwebcore presents his pick of the answers to last week's question: what are the best songs about heat?
What is it about the heat of the night that inspires physical contact? Well, there are fewer clothes in the way for a start. Captain Beefheart's Tropical Hot Dog Night sweats concupiscence. His usual stray into the naughty area is now a gasping plea for sex as a natural right.
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’13 Apr 10 Wed
Wednesday 10th April
“Thatcher's death prompts chart success for Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead”
Propelled by a Facebook campaign, song from soundtrack to The Wizard of Oz is number 10 in midweek charts
The death of Margaret Thatcher has made an unlikely top 10 hit out of Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead, 74 years after it first appeared in the soundtrack to The Wizard of Oz.
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’13 Apr 9 Tue
Tuesday 9th April
“Anti-Thatcher sentiment hits charts”
Ella Fitzgerald's Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead and Elvis Costello's Tramp the Dirt Down both make iTunes chart as Facebook campaign gathers momentum
Around 2,500 people have joined a Facebook campaign to celebrate the death of Margaret Thatcher via the UK's singles charts. Anti-Thatcher activists hope to mark the occasion by sending Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead to No 1.
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