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Singer Ella Fitzgerald is surrounded by young fans after her concert yesterday in the Royal York Hotel for 1,000 children from inner-city schools. The(...)
Singer Ella Fitzgerald is surrounded by young fans after her concert yesterday in the Royal York Hotel for 1,000 children from inner-city schools. The(...)

Singer Ella Fitzgerald is surrounded by young fans after her concert yesterday in the Royal York Hotel for 1,000 children from inner-city schools. The(...)

Date1/29/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Singer Ella Fitzgerald is surrounded by young fans after her concert yesterday in the Royal York Hotel for 1;000 children from inner-city schools. The great singer of ballads tailored her songs to the children's taste and their roars of approval were ear-shattering. Pianist Oscar Peterson introduced her.
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Ella Fitzgerald: Always working, she sings for 1,000 children here Monday
Ella Fitzgerald: Always working, she sings for 1,000 children here Monday
1/25/1973
Comparing notes. A couple of jazz veterans moved into Royal York Hotel this week -- the queen of vocals, Ella Fitzgerald, at Imperial Room tonight, an(...)
Comparing notes. A couple of jazz veterans moved into Royal York Hotel this week -- the queen of vocals, Ella Fitzgerald, at Imperial Room tonight, an(...)
6/15/1981
Ella Fitzgerald opened for a week at the Royal York last night before a cheering audience which gave her two standing ovations. Emcee Moxie Whitney called it one of Imperial Room's 'great moments.'
Ella Fitzgerald opened for a week at the Royal York last night before a cheering audience which gave her two standing ovations. Emcee Moxie Whitney called it one of Imperial Room's 'great moments.'
11/7/1969
Ella Fitzgerald opened two-week engagemtn in the Royal York's Imperial Room last night and critic Bill Dampier found her performance better than ever.(...)
Ella Fitzgerald opened two-week engagemtn in the Royal York's Imperial Room last night and critic Bill Dampier found her performance better than ever.(...)
9/14/1970
Swing with Ella. Ella Fitzgerald returned to the Royal York's Imperial Room for the 10th time last night. The 67-year-old scat queen, who has styles r(...)
Swing with Ella. Ella Fitzgerald returned to the Royal York's Imperial Room for the 10th time last night. The 67-year-old scat queen, who has styles r(...)
5/23/1974
Ella Fitzgerald steps down from the stage to meet the wide-eyed children in her audience
Ella Fitzgerald steps down from the stage to meet the wide-eyed children in her audience
9/23/1970
A tribute to Ella. Metro Chairman Dennis Flynn admires a plaque presented to Ella Fitzgerald at city hall yesterday, where Mayor Art Eggleton declared(...)
A tribute to Ella. Metro Chairman Dennis Flynn admires a plaque presented to Ella Fitzgerald at city hall yesterday, where Mayor Art Eggleton declared(...)
4/17/1985
Ella Fitzgerald promised to sing easy and understandable music last night at Massey Hall concert with Toronto Symphony, and she did. The orchestra pro(...)
Ella Fitzgerald promised to sing easy and understandable music last night at Massey Hall concert with Toronto Symphony, and she did. The orchestra pro(...)
5/23/1974
The man from Madrid, Placido Domingo last night belted out aria after aria for 10,000 fans at Maple Leaf Gardens and still made it sound like a concert hall, critic William Littier reports
The man from Madrid, Placido Domingo last night belted out aria after aria for 10,000 fans at Maple Leaf Gardens and still made it sound like a concert hall, critic William Littier reports
1/19/1993
Fitzgerald, Ella (entertainment) - to 1972
Fitzgerald, Ella (entertainment) - to 1972
11/7/1969
Fitzgerald, Ella (entertainment) - to 1972
Fitzgerald, Ella (entertainment) - to 1972
5/23/1968
Fitzgerald, Ella (entertainment) - to 1972
Fitzgerald, Ella (entertainment) - to 1972
4/4/1967