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Ella Fitzgerald commemorated by Google doodle
Ella Fitzgerald, whose great vocal range and perfect pitch won her the monikers ‘the first lady of song’ and ‘the queen of jazz’, has been commemorated in a Google doodle. The doodle, which shows the American singer performing on stage, is published on what would have been her 96th birthday.…
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