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A swinging bio of young Ella Fitzgerald, who pushed through the
toughest of times to become one of America's most beloved jazz
singers.
When Ella Fitzgerald danced the Lindy Hop on the streets of 1930s
Yonkers, passersby said good-bye to their loose change. But for a
girl who was orphaned and hungry, with raggedy clothes and often no
place to spend the night, small change was not enough. One amateur
night at Harlem's Apollo Theater, Ella made a discovery: the
dancing beat in her feet could travel up and out of her mouth in a
powerful song --and the feeling of being listened to was like a
salve to her heart. With lively prose, Roxane Orgill follows the
gutsy Ella from school-girl days to a featured spot with Chick
Webb's band and all the way to her number-one radio hit "A-Tisket,
A-Tasket." Jazzy mixed-media art by illustrator Sean Qualls brings
the singer's indomitable spirit to life.
Dip into this collective biography of ten outstanding female
singers of popular music in the twentieth century and meet some of
the most remarkable women who've ever lived! Through intimate
personal details and numerous photographs, interviews, and tidbits
of little-known information, music critic Roxane Orgill brings to
life ten "girl singers" and the decades in which they did their
best work. Readers of Shout, Sister, Shout! will learn about the
lives, the loves, and the music of SOPHIE TUCKER (1900s) MA RAINEY
(1910s) BESSIE SMITH (1920s) ETHEL MERMAN (1930s) JUDY GARLAND
(1940s) ANITA O'DAY (1950s) JOAN BAEZ (1960s) BETTE MIDLER (1970s)
MADONNA (1980s) LUCINDA WILLIAMS (1990s) Writing in a friendly,
readable style, Roxane Orgill has created a book of great
distinction that will fascinate and inspire readers of all ages.
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