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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 12:23 PM
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"The Wreck of the Ella Fitzgerald."
Man, that voice could take a room apart...

:9

RL
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 12:24 PM
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1. The club, it is said
Never gives up her dead
When the voice of the singer turns burly
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 12:39 PM
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4. ...
:applause:

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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 12:27 PM
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2. Have you ever heard her live concert in Berlin?
Her "Mack the Knife" cracked me up. She made her audience wild & ecstatic. That was during a point at which her race made it very dangerous to be singing on stage. That was one beautiful, amazing, graceful, strong lady.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 12:38 PM
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3. She was pretty amazing...
love her voice.

her duet album with Louis Armstrong is one of my favorites...

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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 01:41 PM
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5. he! Wise guy.
that woman was a marvel.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 02:19 PM
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6. Yes, sir. She packs a whallop with her green & yellow basket
:woohoo:
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Callalily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 03:09 PM
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7. Here's a winning combination!
Ella and Sachmo! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yKgAEkCKxY

Been listening to classical all afternoon. Think I'll switch.

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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 04:18 PM
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8. I read that as Edmond Fitzgerald. Is it me?
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