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
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"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
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
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