[78-L] Young Ella

[Randy Watts]

According to Stuart Nicholson's biography of Ella, she was never adopted by Webb.

Randy



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On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 12:28 PM CDT rjh334578gmail wrote:

>So the well-worn tale about Chick adopting Ella is pure fiction, yes??
>
>Sent from my iPod - which explainz the bad typjng
>
>On Oct 14, 2013, at 11:30 AM, "Joe Scott" <joenscott at mail.com> wrote:
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>> According to Ella Fitzgerald: The Chick Webb Years And Beyond by Ron  
>> Fritts and Ken Vail, 2003:
>> 4/21/32 moves to Harlem
>> 1933-1934 at New York State Training School For Girls, runs away
>> 1934 homeless in Harlem
>> 11/21/34 wins Amateur Night at Apollo
>> first week of 3/35 is introduced to Chick Webb
>> 3/8/35 Ella's first tryout performance with Webb's band happens to  
>> be for a "white college crowd" in Connecticut and and she is well  
>> received
>> At the 1930 census Ella was not living with her mother, she was  
>> living in Yonkers with a family of the last name Corri, in a  
>> neighborhood where many people were "Neg[ro]," many were "W[hite],"  
>> and many spoke Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish. (At the 1920 census  
>> she was living with her parents, a transfer wagon driver and a  
>> laundress, in Newport News.)
>> BTW those are easily some of the best recordings Ella ever made imo.  
>> Ellis Larkins.
>> Joseph Scott