Song of the day: Someone to watch over me by Ella Jane Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald was an American jazz singer. She was famous for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation. In her fifty years music career, she earned fourteen Grammy Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1967. She was the first African American woman to receive the honor. She was born on April 25, 1917 and died on June 15, 1996.

Ella Jane Fitzgerald was an American jazz singer. She was famous for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation.

In her fifty years music career, she earned fourteen Grammy Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1967. She was the first African American woman to receive the honor.

She was born on April 25, 1917 and died on June 15, 1996.