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  1. Report: Beyonce to Perform at Super Bowl

    Tue, 16 Oct 2012

    performed. Before that, the halftime show usually consisted of marching bands, older stars like Chubby Checker and Ella Fitzgerald , or the vocal troupe Up with People. But after '91, it was all stars, all the time. Here's a reminder of who's

  2. Great American Bites: Ben's Chili Bowl delivers true taste of D.C.

    Thu, 7 Jun 2012

    once known locally as the "Black Broadway." Ben's was long the choice of visiting performers like Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald , Duke Ellington and Nat King Cole. Pictures of famous politicians and celebrities cover every wall, and there is

  3. 8 Things You Didn't Know About Tony Bennett

    Thu, 8 Sep 2011

    Art Tatum on the piano, the greatest piano player that ever lived, a lot of Sinatra, a lot of Nat King Cole. Ella Fitzgerald ," he said. 4. Despite her occasional craving for a "meat suit," Lady Gaga did not strike Bennett as outrageous

  4. MTV Video Music Awards: Beyonce's Baby Bump, Gaga as a Man, and More

    Sun, 28 Aug 2011

    final recording, "Heart and Soul," was a duet with Bennett. "She was a true jazz artist in the tradition of Ella Fitzgerald , Billie Holiday," he said. "Either you've got it or you haven't got it and Amy had the whole gift, she sang

  5. 'All My Children' Star Susan Lucci on Life, Career

    Fri, 25 Mar 2011

    listened to opera. And with my mother, he listened to Frank Sinatra, Vic Damone, Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee, and Ella Fitzgerald . They were always on top of the latest entertainers. I remember walking in on my dad once while he was watching

  6. Washington, D.C., transforms into a hopping locale

    Fri, 25 Mar 2011

    Chili Bowl for homemade chili or a half-smoke. Patrons have included Duke Ellington, Martin Luther King Jr., Ella Fitzgerald , President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. 1213 U St. N.W.; 202-667-0909; benschilibowl.com

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  1. Washington, D.C. transforms into a hopping locale

    Thu, 24 Mar 2011

    Chili Bowl for homemade chili or a half-smoke. Patrons have included Duke Ellington, Martin Luther King Jr., Ella Fitzgerald , President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. 1213 U St. N.W.; 202-667-0909; benschilibowl.com

  2. Save Up to $5,000 on Your Tech Tools

    Mon, 16 Feb 2009

    other really obscure ones. In exchange, I got Coldplay, Rascal Flatts, The Wallflowers and a Louis Armstrong/ Ella Fitzgerald duets album. Fabulous! For DVDs, I unloaded two movies that I had already watched and got Season 1 of "Grey's

  3. 10 great places to see the evolution of equality

    Thu, 5 Feb 2009

    edu The California African American Museum Los Angeles A theater program saluting Duke Ellington and artifacts from Ella Fitzgerald 's estate are among the 1,300-piece collection here. A permanent display documents the history, art and culture

  4. Inauguration Travel Guide to D.C.

    Fri, 16 Jan 2009

    and cheese fries are topped with stories of another time that includes greats like Duke Ellington, Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald . Ben's also stayed open through the riots following the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and has

  5. Independent Hotels Cater to Elite Business Travelers

    Thu, 8 Jan 2009

    to tour groups. Earlier in its life, it featured a famous jazz club that hosted the likes of Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald . 'No Man Is an Island' Some of the independent hotels receive limited support by joining groups such as Leading

  6. Is It Really All That Good to Be Bad?

    Thu, 8 Jan 2009

    smidge of genius. Still, at a recent New York performance, Winehouse -- who was singing like a bird, scatting like Ella Fitzgerald , and slurring like Anna Nicole Smith at an awards show -- complained about being "put in a dress" by her "people

  7. Celebrating Black History Through Music

    Tue, 12 Feb 2008

    the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Another skilled vocalist, the "first lady of song," Ella Fitzgerald , wowed the White House with her jazzy vocal stylings. President Ronald Reagan presents Fitzgerald with the National

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  1. Teenage Scatting: Nikki Yanofsky

    Thu, 16 Sep 2010

    they have Can really be good OKV. Saying the name Ella FitzGerald to a team you'll get a blank stare Billie Holiday Twelve a music teacher turned her to jazz. He learned Ella Fitzgerald 's airmail special my heart. Then wowed the crowd

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  2. Instant Index: Oldest Voice Recording; Volcanic Lake Activity

    Thu, 25 Oct 2012

    color. A version seen for the first time offering a new angle from the orchestra pit. It was filmed by a member of ella fitzgerald 's band. The film goes up for auction next month. And we really do want to hear from you, so, tell us which pictures

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  3. Unofficial Photographer of Jazz Dies

    Mon, 16 Aug 2010

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  4. Nightline (06.12.09)

    Sat, 13 Jun 2009

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  5. A Collection of Hollywood Legends

    Mon, 24 Nov 2008

    portable turntable. Well it's like having a boombox set to create mood music. But here's this you know it Sinatra Ella FitzGerald arrested trying and there are York but you look at the ways look what he's doing and think about this advocate

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  6. Jazz Giants

    Fri, 6 Jun 2008

    images that they never realized that shocked. And I one photo which just recently came to my attention to picture of Ella FitzGerald stinging her birthday. At the downbeat club. And Duke Ellington sitting in the front table. And He is looking up

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    one photo which just recently came to my attention to picture of Ella FitzGerald stinging her birthday. At the downbeat club. And Duke Ellington sitting in the front table. And He is looking up at her
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