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Ella 100: It all Began at the Apollo

Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt (Milton) Jackson, and Timmie Rosenkrantz, Downbeat, New York, 1947

Ella Fitzgerald is turning 100 and we're celebrating her stories all week long on The Jonathan Channel! Today, listen as Julian Fleisher tells the story of the world's discovery of the Ella Fitzgerald at the Apollo Theater. 

For more of the First Lady of Song visit wnyc.org/ella