Word: ella
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ella Fitzgerald...
...membership had its privileges. For as little as $55 a year, consumers could twinkle in fellowship with such glitterati as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Ella Fitzgerald and Meryl Streep. All one had to do was wave one's little piece of green, gold or platinum plastic, and waiters and clerks would fawn prettily. Such potent snob appeal once seemed irresistible -- until American Express "cardmembers" began weighing the costs of privilege against the benefits of more plebeian credit cards. While the AmEx elite shelled out annual fees, Discover clients were issued free cards. Amex users had to pay their bills in full each...
Admas' wife, Margaret A. Young '27-'36, died in1978. He is survived by three daughters--M. EloiseAdams of Bethesda, Ma., Elaine Miller of Madison,Wis., and Barbara Thompson of Oak Park, III. Healso leaves behind seven grandchildren and twosisters, Mary Ella Adams and Lula Hage...
Among jazz divas, Billie Holiday had the pain, Ella Fitzgerald the purity, Sarah Vaughan the sass. And Lena Horne? She had the ice. With her cut-diamond beauty and panther smile, her drop-dead elegance and dry-martini voice, she was always dazzling while staying just out of reach...
...Dylan and classical music being played around the house. With this background, Wilson brings a lot of sophistication and insight to the songs she sings. Aware of her own musicianship, she says that the contributions of women jazz singers are not properly recognized. "People like Billie Holiday, Betty Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, have revolutionized not just vocalese but jazz itself," she says. "There is a tendency to gloss over what female singers bring to jazz...