The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation is stepping up efforts to aid children in need by donating books and school supplies. Our organizations have asked for help, and we are listening.  We’ve expanded our A BOOK JUST FOR ME! program, and since the lock-down began, we have donated over 20,000 brand-new books.  Ella established her Foundation […]

Released by Verve Records in March 2020, this 2 disc set features Ella singing some of her best-loved standards accompanied by ONLY A PIANO PLAYER. No orchestra, no quartet, no rhythm section.  You’ll hear the great Oscar Peterson, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Smith and Ellis Larkins.  Heaven. Available on CD or streaming from your favorite music […]

Now’s your chance to listen to Ella and Louis as you’ve never heard them before. Completely remastered with incredible sound. CHEEK TO CHEEK: ELLA AND LOUIS ON VERVE RECORDS: https://UMe.lnk.to/CheekToCheek4CD

Ella adored children. And did she ever love to read! Grab this fun story about young Ella and read with the kids in your life.  Written by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney  It’s available in print and audio versions.  And we think that Ella’s #1 hit, “A TISKET A TASKET” should be playing in the […]

On Ella’s very own fan page.  There’s a new post every single day, with links to Ella’s fantastic music & memories. This is the only official page about Ella and it’s written by Fran Morris Rosman, the Archivist to Ella’s Estate. Link: https://www.facebook.com/EllaFitzgerald/

When Ella died in 1996, she left her archives to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.  She donated her music to the Library of Congress, also in the U.S. Capitol.  Let’s go for a virtual visit while listening to Ella sing.  www.smithsonian.edu www.loc.gov

As you stroll through Hollywood, California, you’ll see Ella’s very own Walk of Fame star.  It’s located at 6738 Hollywood Blvd.  And it was dedicated on February 8, 1960.  Listen to Ella In Hollywood: https://EllaFitzgerald.lnk.to/InHollywood

There’s a little memorial to Ella on campus at USC (The University of Southern California) in Los Angeles.  Ella was honored by USC way back in 1992 when the Trojans established the ELLA FITZGERALD SCHOLARSHIP in music.  Ella’s Foundation is proud to partner with so many of USC’s amazing community programs. Click here for more info.

Link to Ella’s Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/firstladyofsong