South Newport News , Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Ella Fitzgerald
(1917-1996)
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 21, 2016
1. Ella Fitzgerald Marker
Inscription.
Ella Fitzgerald. Born here in Newport News 25 Apr. 1917, Ella Fitzgerald, known as Lady Ella or the First Lady of Song, was considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century. Her three-octave vocal range and improvisational ability in scat singing won her recognition worldwide. Fitzgeralds first hit, A-Tisket, A-Tasket, was recorded in 1938. She later recorded eight critically acclaimed Songbook albums, her most commercially successful work. The winner of 13 Grammys and a recipient of the National Medal of Art and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among other honors, Fitzgerald died in Beverly Hills, California, 15 June 1996.
Born here in Newport News 25 Apr. 1917, Ella Fitzgerald, known as Lady Ella or the First Lady of Song, was considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century. Her three-octave vocal range and improvisational ability in scat singing won her recognition worldwide. Fitzgeralds first hit, A-Tisket, A-Tasket, was recorded in 1938. She later recorded eight critically acclaimed Songbook albums, her most commercially successful work. The winner of 13 Grammys and a recipient of the National Medal of Art and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among other honors, Fitzgerald died in Beverly Hills, California, 15 June 1996.
Erected 2006 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number W 70-a.)
Location. 36° 58.981′ N, 76° 25.135′ W. Marker is in Newport News, Virginia. It is in South Newport News. It is on 26th Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 630 26th Street, Newport News VA 23607, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Virginia’s Peninsula, in Hampton Roads, in Coastal Virginia, and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Also see . . . Ella Fitzgerald - Wikipedia. (Submitted on September 30, 2016, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 21, 2016
2. Ella Fitzgerald Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,179 times since then and 100 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 29, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
