Imagine...
A God named THEA, short for Atheasta
Or a God named God
Or Buddah
Or Allah
Or Babruth
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Imagine...
Every time a new baby is born, this person is responsible
for select body parts that comprise a human being.
On the top most shelf of the supply room,
there it was–bubble-wrapped
and stamped PSV
(Perfect Singing Voice)
April 25, 1915
April 25, 1915
Exactly one hundred and two years ago today:
it was given to a not-so-distant cousin of Scott Fitzgerald.
Her name is Ella Jane Fitzgerald.
She was born with the Perfect Singing Voice...
The GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
was created for her.I will prove this now:
With Count Basies's Band, Ella sings the Irving Berlin classic: I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm |
Duke Ellington's Take The A Train is a subway local with a vocal by Queen Ella. |
The brilliance of Gershwin's They All Laughed is it is both a classic song and a valuable history lesson. Laugh along with Ella. |
After a 15-second un-skipable advert, you can hear Ella sing Sole Porter's most controversial song: Love For Sale |
If Rodgers and Hart's Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered were included in every American high school poetry book, American students would put all others to shame. Hit it, Ella and don't forget the "ants in your pants." |
Click here for the possibility of 50 + minutes of the only vocal duets that inspire the Great Creator to take the phone off the hook. I end this page with two people who make their home on Mt. Olympus: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. |
It would be
a great deprivation
to your ears
if this page
excluded
Ella + Louis
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I have a theory why young people
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If they did, they would find it impossible
to listen to Alanis Morrisette or Alicia Keys
or Beyonce or any other female singers
not named Billy Holiday or Nina Simone or...