FIRST TIME HEARING Ella Fitzgerald - Cry me a river REACTION

[@kwanshiyin]

She could sing anything. I'd listen to her sing the phone book.

[@Cate5013]

She's smooth as silk.

[@traceythompson1092]

I say that every time I hear Ms. Ella sing. She could sing my execution notice and I would go to my death in bliss. Ms. Ella and Papa Louis Armstrong are the only artists that I will listen to when they scat.

[@LilliLamour]

Same. She's my absolute favorite singer.

[@sipystrokijay3404]

You know it. She had liquid silver voice. Silk and velvet

[@raymondhanks9826]

Agreed, and that musical arrangement, WoW !!!

[@patriciadowning4036]

She has one of the most clear and pure voices ever in music. Sooooo good.

[@BobbyU808]

Her collaborations with Louis Armstrong are something else.

[@clashfan2875]

Their version of "Summertime" is a masterpiece!

[@amileoj9043]

Absolute classics.

[@marlesagray7091]

My favorite is "Stomping at the Savoy!" The two of them blow that song away!

[@adriennepender673]

@@marlesagray7091 Stompin’ at the Savoy blows me away!

[@miriammontenbruck8022]

@@clashfan2875 love, love ,love

[@trixied7327]

Thats what Pitch Perfect" sounds like, Miss Ella Fitzgerald. XxX

[@LARDENWITCH]

I say that all the time!

[@ayannaj6129]

Her rendition of "Dream A Little Dream of Me" with Louis Armstrong is a masterpiece!!

[@jennhurl]

👍 Agree!!!!

[@BaronessErsatz]

Amen!

[@mybelleile7737]

Right !!

[@traceythompson1092]

Everything Ms. Ella and Papa Louis did together was 🔥!

[@licensedtalentagency2488]

"Man, woman or child, Ella's the greatest." - Bing Crosby (not a fan, but he was RIGHT)! I think that was Joe Pass on guitar?

[@adriennepender673]

One of her nicknames was the First Lady of Song, and man she earned that title. Impeccable interpreter of great songs, she helped define the Great American Songbook. Ella is THE QUEEN!

[@jasondecharleroy4161]

Always

[@garfield122010]

" summertime " is a classic too x

[@blondelebanese9922]

My favorite! ✌️❤️

[@l.m.6661]

and lullaby of birdland !

[@gynack]

garfield122010 Her duet version with Armstrong is my favourite of all versions, including her own solo versions.

[@graciesmom1477]

She is one of the best scat singer there is.

[@Sraheens1]

She's the only scat singer in my opinion. Others try it and don't even come close.

[@debswest8749]

This is pure bliss! I never tire of listening to Miss Ella. Listen to Summertime too. Love watching your reactions. Keep them coming

[@Impcoins]

The legend, Miss Ella Fitzgerald. One of the best vocalist of all time.

[@mythoriker]

There's Ella -- and then everyone else.

[@robing9278]

That's right!

[@moonshaddow55]

True!

[@jayraft3013]

Ella was Frank Sinatra's favorite singer, and he would know.

[@robertcraane7910]

You found a diamond

[@Eowyn187]

There's scads of beautiful music. From many decades and centuries. But there's nothing on earth like the blues. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@holyspacemonkey]

TRUTH!

[@blondelebanese9922]

Couldn’t agree more!

[@sallysteele9220]

My favourite songs by Ella are "Every time we say goodbye" and "Someone to watch over me".

[@jenniferkasowicz9463]

Every time we say goodbye... brings tears to my eyes every time.

[@GordonTredgold]

mine tooo- someone to watch over me just melts my heart

[@blackbutterfly243]

Yessss!!! Ella's is a legend!!!!

[@cathysousa1959]

You said it Jay "class at it's finest" I couldn't agree more🥰

[@michaelrunnels7660]

Ella was never flashy or showy. She was always easy, effortless perfection. Johnny Carson said she was the best performer he ever had on his show.

[@kathleenwalsh3713]

Ella was and is one of the best of the best of the best. Classy, bold and beautiful style, like you said. Javon, it's great how you wander around among decades and styles. Thanks so much.

[@lynnsmith3976]

Oh my Jovaughn, you truly have an old soul. It is so apparent that you are enjoying much older singers and their style and talent. Enjoy the journey. Thanks for this Ella memory.

[@michellefarrell9082]

There is no one better.🎧🎧❤️

[@tigerwilliams7723]

Ella is class personified. If you have a chance take a listen to Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald singing "The Lady Is A Tramp" 👏🏽

[@angelika_munkastrap4634]

What a haunting beauty. She's how I imagine angels would sound

[@nikkiharris6091]

My God jay, this lady had a set of lungs on her. This was great music from the 40s. &. 50s. Beautiful 💞💞💞

[@cathymerchant9768]

Similar style of music, Billie Holliday: "Lady Sings the Blues" "No Good Man" and the heart-wrenching "Strange Fruit"

[@blondelebanese9922]

Yes but I don’t want him to react to Strange Fruit, it’s heartbreakingly beautiful but I always cry....every time.

[@Diovanlestat]

Not fair to listen to Strange Fruit unless you've been warned about the subject first.

[@cathymerchant9768]

@@Diovanlestat true. The lynch mobs of the deep south were beyond evil, and it is horrific that so many innocent African-American men, women, and children were their victims in the 20th Century, solely for the color of their skin. Billie Holiday's beautiful voice contrasts so extremely from the evil she sings of in that song.

[@Diovanlestat]

@@cathymerchant9768 A book by John Grisham really brings this home. How everyone was involved even their little kids were watching. It was the entertainment of the day. Horrific.

[@marysutherland8236]

@@cathymerchant9768 Your reply is truth.

[@ElliotNesterman]

Ella recorded a long series of albums where she sang some of the greatest songs of America's greatest songwriters. Collectively they're called "Ella Fitzgerald sings the Great American Songbook." Each album featured different songwriters: Ella Fitzgerald sings ...the Cole Porter Songbook; ...the Rogers and Hart Songbook; ...the Jerome Kern Songbook; ...the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook; etc. Many of the cuts from these albums can be found on youtube. Here's a search which will lead you to many of them: kzbin.info?search_query=ella+fitzgerald+songbook+albums

[@RoryVanucchi]

Best of the jazz world. Ella has some great clips of scatting in mid '60s. C-Jam Blues and Cottontail with Duke Ellington or Mack the Knife are must see for jazz fans. How did we get from those times to now, sad.

[@amileoj9043]

"Ella you doin' something to me right now!" She's been doing that to folks ever since she stepped onto the Apollo stage in 1934 as a more-or-less homeless 17 year old kid with a raggedy dress and a magical voice that, just a few years later, the whole country would be able to recognize instantly. When she and Sinatra finally had a chance to work together, he summed up the experience this way: "I try to work up to what she does. You know, try to pull myself up to that height, because I believe she is the greatest popular singer in the world."

[@2715bunky]

Ella had the best voice ever! Julie London sang this too!

[@holyspacemonkey]

I love Julie London!

[@kathyrams]

I love her “Mack the Knife “ in Berlin where she forgets the words. So Classic it was on the album and released as a 45 And ended up in jukeboxes in the ‘70’s

[@Sander12348]

When she impersonates Satchmo 😂

[@kathyrams]

Sander Mørch Kristiansen Oh yeah! She is great. Her duets with Armstrong are great too!

[@Sander12348]

@@kathyrams indeed!

[@Eowyn187]

Jayvee there's a song, since you appreciate these old beauties,.. it'd blow you away. It's from an Oscars and Hammerstein musical on slavery called Showboat. William Warfield sings *OL MAN RIVER* . Possibly the most beautiful song I've ever heard in my life. And that man's voice is staggering.

[@l-bird]

yes, agreed

[@Braedensground]

I was lucky enough to attend dinner parties at ' Uncle Bills' back during my college days at the University of Illinois. Great and kind man.

[@bemused9522]

Ella is incredible! Should give Billie Holiday a listen "Strange fruit"

[@mst1740]

Just a warning, if you do listen to this song try to find a version that is audio only. Some people have made some very upsetting videos to go with it and the images are traumatising. The song is about black people being lynched in the South.

[@Diovanlestat]

@@mst1740 Thanks for giving the subject, I hated hate him for him to be unprepared.

[@Easy_Skanking]

Maybe for a first Billie Holiday, any of her other songs would be better. That's a really heavy subject for a first listen.

[@holyspacemonkey]

This seems like a good place to renew my request for Sarah Vaughan singing “Misty”! There is a live video on here!

[@holyspacemonkey]

Here it is! Incredible. kzbin.info/www/bejne/onu7faR3qtmkopY

[@clashfan2875]

Freakin' incredible!

[@holyspacemonkey]

@@clashfan2875 She really is! KZbin is such a gift. It’s great to be alive at a time when we can see so much incredible old music online!

[@beedeegee9374]

YES!

[@starbuono825]

WOOOOOOW !!!!!!

[@vincentjoyce5100]

In the 70’s toward the end of her life she did a scat jazz vocal vibrato that shattered a wineglass. Amazing vocalist.

[@GeekGinger]

I have a live recording of a song where Ella forgets the lyrics in the middle (a version of Mack the Knife) and it's still a stunning performance. She's an absolute legend.

[@chriscraftguy]

And won a Grammy for it. No one but Ella could sing a song, forget the lyrics, but work her way through it in her way and take a Grammy home for it!!

[@surlechapeau]

J, sometimes referred to as the Queen of Jazz. I love her "Something's Gotta Give" and I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm. She's the Ella referred to in Stevie Wonder's tribute to Jazz great, "Sir Duke". She also is a great scat singer.

[@cathymerchant9768]

He voice was velvet.... Another great Blues woman with a different style: Big Mama Thornton "Hound Dog"

[@jennhurl]

Ella & Louis Armstrong (amazing trumpet player) were magic together. The two Jazz greats!! 🔥 Ella's voice was flawless!! These singers were the real deal. No auto tune!!

[@StudeSteve62]

Ella was one of the premier female vocalists of the twentieth century. Not to mention all the other centuries.

[@karenh.]

This is the music I heard in my childhood... Ella, Mills Brothers, Ink Spots, Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday, Etta James & many more.... Thanks for this !!

[@kellygears8514]

Ella was truly the Queen of the Jazz music! Her voice was pure.

[@makeitmakesense5577]

You have morphed into a real Time Traveler. When I watch your reactions... I Know what Time it is..but I'm not sure what Year it is cuz you be taking me back. I Love how easily you fit into whatever year you take us to...thats the mark of a True Time Traveler. I'm enjoying the trips. Escaping 2021 is much needed. Thank You. 🙏

[@sylvialang8020]

She was a genius such a soulful songstress. Ella singing Every Time We Say Goodbye is just like having your ears and soul blessed.

[@janagardy4559]

I feel like I was born into one of the best times for music. We were blessed with such a variety of magnificent singers.

[@cydconner1220]

My favorite Ella Fitzgerald songs- But Not For Me.... and... Someone to watch over me. I put these on and slow danced with my intended to let him know I was ready for love and it worked. What a pure voice she has. No wonder they called her the First Lady of song!

[@tomknoll796]

Jazz Royalty - this is the QUEEN...total class, ultimate vocal control, passion, style....Ella had everything...it simply doesn't get any better than this...

[@varadevaney7588]

The one and only Miss Ella! You can hear her whole heart and soul in her voice. There's no separation at all between what she's feeling and what she's singing; it's one and the same thing.

[@mfrick100]

One of my all time favorite singers. Fitzgerald sings Cole Porter is one of my favorite albums.

[@caronleatherwood7196]

I loved this lady's voice. I remember seeing her on t.v. when I was a child

[@johncorby7894]

What a voice, love the stars in your eyes.

[@marleneclausen30]

Another beautiful voice from my childhood. My mother never watched soaps on tv it was always music on the radio. Other great artists were Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Perry Como., Harry Belafonte,, Nat King Cole, and Johnny Mathis. Hope you do many more reactions from this era, such wonderful music.

[@JJM3rd]

Ella Fitzgerald was my first concert. On July 4th, 1984, a new outdoor concert venue in Cincinnati opened with a patriotic concert by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, with special guests Ella Fitzgerald and Neil Armstrong. My parents took our whole family to see it. I was only 10, so I had no idea who Ella Fitzgerald was and couldn’t have cared less. Now, I get to tell people that Ella Fitzgerald was my first concert! Not many people my age get to say seeing a legend like that was their first show!

[@dalebaker9109]

This woman could sing, a shopping list, and yet make it sound special. My friend saw, her live three times, she was about 75 at the time. My goodness she was some kind of wonderful. Jovaughn’s clearly loving it.

[@ashleystewart994]

This is the TRUE Diva of song. She was a HISTORICAL figure in the music world. When I met her I was just as struck by her genuine character as I am by her musical talent!! This was REAL music and REAL talent, love me some Ella......MUSIK MAGIK!!!

[@alanbrown8527]

In the days of Ella and the other greats of her era, people did get dressed up to see them perform and rightly so.

[@zeezee9670]

I never heard an Ella sing without feeling an urge to bow to her. What a beautiful, masterful & lively lady.

[@frandistabile4723]

Ella is amazing, talented, one of the best blue's singer..One of the best!!! Yes Jay absolute class!

[@garryiglesias4074]

She is the Queen... I love all of her songs... Mack the Knife at Berlin where she lost her words and improvised over it... Fantastic.

[@larrywt656]

MISS ELLA!!! You've stepped into the world of a true legend now, my friend! One of the greatest female singers in the history of recorded music! THE greatest female scat singer of all time! You are absolutely correct, class at its finest.

[@timothygrady9804]

More please . Early Ella is unrivaled brilliance intersecting soul , blues , jazz & all the best in life !

[@mspaynt1804]

Ella is my all time fave and a genius. Her voice is an instrument. Lots of people have covered this, but no one does it like Ella🥰

[@helenhill3592]

Ella, my mother's favorite singer and became a favorite of mine. My mom is 91 and still listensto Ella and Tony Bennett. Both class acts.😊

[@debbeborders5762]

Excellent performance. My first time hearing her sing it.

[@GordonTredgold]

'Someone to watch over me' is one of the most beautiful songs ever

[@rvprossjjlrzar]

Ella is the best! Her voice was like a jewel with so many facets. She could sing any song like no one else.

[@kellyjimenez8984]

OH! Ms. Ella F..... ONE OF THE GREATEST SINGERS EVER!!! The look on your face speaks volumes!!!!

[@randyrandelman1878]

Ella is always amazing, should definitely react to more! Maybe do Summertime by her?

[@alanshepherd4304]

Ella's version of, 'The very thought of you', gets me every time, I'm having it played at my funeral!!!😂

[@erinwoodsoprano]

This song was written for her to sing on a movie soundtrack but it got cut from the movie. So many people have covered this song.

[@wynneroman5175]

She was amazing. I used to see her on TV when I was really, really young, and it was mesmerizing!

[@gracechapman3412]

Well sometimes u have too say, enough is enough. She is aboulutely amazing. One of the best. She's got soul.

[@mezellenjohnson2753]

I remember listening to Ella singing this when I was young in our kitchen sat in a chair near the fire. I had the mumps and was drinking soup in a cup. Isn't wonderful a memory just comes like a flash from hearing some music. A wonderful voice and the song is great. God bless you all love hugs and peace Mary-Ellen UK

[@jonhinson5701]

I love ANYTHING she sings. Her "Manhattan" is wonderful.

[@kellyreiterman]

Ella is one of my absolute favorite singers. She was brilliant.

[@monica11760]

I have heard of this song, but never listened to it before today. Oh my gosh, this was so wonderful!! What a voice.

[@mulatanyc865]

Ella had a wonderful beautiful voice! One of a kind, true Legend!

[@missgmoma]

Wow! That’s real raw talent, first time hearing her. Amazing!!!👍🏻

[@iowa7693]

The folks,always said listen! Ella, Frank, Tony, Dean, Sammy. All the GOATS,,especially Ella. Blessed,,and Walter Cronkite, cuz listen & you might learn something

[@glennasmith6151]

I grew up listening to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn. My dad was a big fan of theirs. So glad you discovered this great talent

[@georgehasleftthebuilding6621]

OohJay's going deep in the roots of the blues, fine aged jazz/ blues. 🎼💃These are the true Queens and Kings of their generation, able to give us ekegance and represent just a very little bit more than the prior generation of blues were allowed, and the one before....and the one before. YES, IT IS CLASSY! SPOT ON JAY

[@ElcsieRetakov]

She was definitely a great! 🥳 Her version of Night and Day was my first dance at my wedding. Glad you have started to hear that voice. Terse'li!

[@brigitter1469]

Ms Ella.... she is incredible, amazing, wonderful!! For Christmas/December you should go and find all of these older artists and react to their Christmas songs... seriously. Ella had that voice... jazzy/bluesy sooo spectacular.. her voice, none like her!! Your reaction .. it’s great!!

[@karinlindae-fregoso802]

BTW - great time of the year to break open the anthologies of Sinatra and Fitzgerald. Time to chill, lounge and celebrate in excellence. Great segway into Jazz too...

[@emmahowells8334]

Ella Fitzgerald is a Legend, stunning voice.👌🎶 One of mine and my dad's fave👌🎶💕

[@Roberto_79]

Now you hit my musical SuiteSpot… Ella was practically a street urchin when she entered a “live at the Apollo“ type contest. She intended to do some dancing but the people up before her were so good she got scared… Her sister told her to just sing something instead.She was so nervous to begin with that the crowd were laughing at her. She restarted twice and One of the other performers was later to say that “she shut the room up so completely that you could hear a rat piss in cotton”. Her voice was so Pitch Perfect 2 that her orchestra would tune their instruments to her rather than the violin… Now go and listen to her live version of “Mac the knife” recorded in Berlin when she got it completely wrong but improvised so brilliantly that the live version one a Grammy.

[@NannyMcfanny]

One of my earliest memories is listening to Ellie she was my mum favourite artists !! She was amazing ❤️❤️

[@MsMelyjean]

Put on a Tux for Ms. Fitzgerald! Anything Ella sings and I mean A-NY-THING Ella sings is top notch. "Summertime", "Azure", "Devil May Care", "Russian Lullaby", "Love Is Here to Stay", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Embraceable You", "I Got It Bad", "(In My) Solitude" and many, many more.

[@thelyricologist9568]

Welcome to the jazz world of Ella Fitzgerald. Jazz, blues, soul - she's the queen of it.

[@keisablack8560]

Sing! Ms. Ella! What a timeless! Classic

[@albertjanik8532]

Ella is a legend!!!!!!!! You’ve got to love her to bits. ❤️

[@Evajean11]

There a really good singers , then truly great singers … then there’s Ella Fitzgerald up there in a class of her own , the standard by which others are judged ! You’re reactions to so many different genres of music are truly inspiring ! 😀👍👌

[@timothylivingston4135]

Ella was amazing! Cheek to Cheek, Summertime, Dream a little dream of me, or anything!

[@marieprater9922]

It's so nice watching these young people discover the music thier grandparents grew up on.love it!

[@lakep7798]

Wow, never heard this one before-it’s fantastic! Ella Fitzgerald “A Tisket A Tasket” is my favorite🔥

[@richardkeating3575]

Ella was one of a kind, this song has been covered by a million singers but this is on another level.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

A musical legend. A more recent singer with similar depth of jazz/soul, and who says that Miss Fitzgerald was her mentor, is the Joan Armatrading. Her Love & Affection has shades of this piece.

[@rainsong65]

Jo Stafford “You belong to me”

[@perrymalcolm3802]

One of the finest vocalists ever

[@Keepee66]

MR. Stevie Wonder say it best: For there's Basie, Miller, Satchmo And the king of all, Sir Duke And with a voice like Ella's ringing out There's no way the band can lose

[@kalamahina7157]

“There’s no way the band can lose!”

[@marcat51158]

The reason I follow you, is because you are willing to listen to any style of music. You respect the artist. I especially love that you enjoy music from earlier eras.