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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.(...)

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.(...)

Date9/14/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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. It was vocal pyrotechnics of the best kind; dead-on key and temp.
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