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John Boutte's famous performance at the 2006 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is just one of the beloved performances included in WWOZ's Jazz Festing in Place series. Marc PoKempner/Courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation hide caption
From Ella Fitzgerald To John Boutté: Jazz Festing In Place Presents Archival Audio
Celia Cruz is one of the women featured in the Turning The Tables series. Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption
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Turning The Tables: Celebrating Eight Women Who Invented American Popular Music
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Turning The Tables: Celebrating Eight Women Who Invented American Popular Music
"Any person that wants to be a singer should know Ella Fitzgerald," Cuban artist Daymé Arocena says. Pablo Dewin/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
How Ella Fitzgerald Is Influencing A New Generation Of Latinx Musicians
Ella Fitzgerald, performing in 1969 at Lucerna Hall. In 1967, she began singing "I Can't Stop Loving You" as a way into the soul world. Miroslav Zajic/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
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Jazzmeia Horn on Ella Fitzgerald and scat singing NPR hide caption
When you look at Ella Fitzgerald's clothes, fancy by any standard, you realize her delight made them something any of us could wear. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
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An "Is it Ella or is it Memorex?" ad from 1973. Memorex At 50 hide caption
How Ella Fitzgerald's Glass-Shattering Memorex Campaign Revitalized Her Career
Ella Fitzgerald, photographed in 1940. Gilles Petard/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
Turning The Tables: 8 Women Who Invented American Popular Music Chelsea Beck for NPR hide caption
Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" is featured on this 22-song playlist of songs for fall. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Etta James, left, Marvell Thomas and David Hood rehearse a song before recording at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Ala., circa 1967. House Of Fame LLC/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Ella Fitzgerald singing at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1963. Ronald Dumont/Getty Images hide caption
Music was always her refuge, but Ella Fitzgerald never thought she would be a singer until she won an Amateur Night contest at the Apollo Theater in 1934. The Rudy Calvo Collection Cache Agency hide caption
All Songs Considered hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton set out on a road trip to find the true spirit of the holiday season. Along the way they stop at the Silent Night Motel, where they meet Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, St. Vincent (Annie Clark), Josh Ritter, and more. Michael Huey/Mastery Of Maps hide caption
Ella Fitzgerald sings with bandleader Chick Webb in Asbury Park, N.J., in 1938. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption