Ella Jane Fitzgerald (1917 – 1996)
On April 25, 1917, jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald is born in Newport
News, Virginia.
Fitzgerald’s most famous collaborations were with the vocal
quartet Bill Kenny & the Ink Spots, trumpeter Louis Armstrong,
the guitarist Joe Pass, and the bandleaders Count Basie and
Duke Ellington.
Frank Sinatra died in 1998 at age 82 and was buried in a cemetery
not far from Palm Springs, California. Possibly to aid him on his
journey to the afterlife, the late superstar was buried with a pack
of Camel cigarettes and a bottle of Jack Daniels. Loaded with two
of his best companions, his epitaph was derived from one of his
classic hits, “The Best Is Yet To Come.”
Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018)
(FOX NEWS) – Aretha Franklin, whose booming vocals and
powerful personal presence made her one of the great
entertainers in global history, became the first woman
inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on this day in
history, Jan. 3, 1987.
"Aretha Franklin was an artist of passion, sophistication
and command, whose recordings remain anthems that
defined soul music," the Rock Hall writes in its biography
of the performer.
She "was only 25 when she clinched the title of Lady Soul
with her unforgettably proud, sexy, candid and confident
1967 version of Otis Redding’s ‘Respect.’"
No 1 best selling album of sixties.
