[78-L] Young Ella

[Joe Scott]

Another of Chick's vocalists, Charles Linton, recalled that Chick just said that for the press.

Joseph Scott
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Sent: 10/14/13 11:28 AM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Young Ella

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: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 78-L mailing list > 78-L at klickitat.78online.com > http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l _______________________________________________ 78-L mailing list 78-L at klickitat.78online.com http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l