Word: ellas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Born. To Ella Raines, 31, cinemactress (Hail the Conquering Hero, Brute Force), and her second husband, Air Force Lieut. Colonel Robin Olds, 30: their second child, second daughter; in Cornwall, N.Y. Name: Susan, Weight...
...Stockholm last week to hear a rocking sample of the best brand of U.S. jazz, beaten out and bellowed by some of the best U.S. practitioners. First, half a dozen instrumentalists gave them a round of modern combo numbers, including C-Jam Blues and Perdido. Then Songstress Ella Fitzgerald stepped forward, let fly with Why Don't You Do Right? and St. Louis Blues. Finally, the stage was darkened and Gene Krupa, his face spotlighted from below, flailed away on the drums...
...children born to Ole Didrikson, a Norwegian ship's carpenter who sailed 19 times around the Horn before settling down in Port Arthur, Texas. A scrawny youngster, she rebelled against femininity; women were "sissies who wore girdles, bras and that junk." Instead of wasting time with dolls, Mildred Ella Didrikson exercised on a backyard weight-lifting machine built of broomsticks and her mother's flatirons. She beat boys at mumblety-peg, whizzed past them in foot races and razzle-dazzled them in basketball. Still in her teens, she burst into the headlines...
...house combination keeps things going during the intermission, and plays background for Ella. Storyville owner George Wein is good enough to hire himself for the piano spot, and on this sturdy trellis hang brighter bits of musical...
...whole show is a delight, from Ella to the quartet. She closes Sunday, and is planning to tour Europe. So if you want to catch her, the time...