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Show 51, “Ella Fitzgerald,” features 16 recordings by a towering figure in jazz and popular music. Songs include “I Wish I Were in Love Again,” “Fly Me to the Moon,” “Manhattan,” “A Tisket, a Tasket,” and “I Want the Waiter with the Water.” The show concludes with a recording made in front of a live audience during which Fitzgerald couldn’t remember the words of her song. She improvised so skillfully that her performance won a Grammy Award.
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Show 51, “Ella Fitzgerald,” features 16 recordings by a towering figure in jazz and popular music. Songs include “I Wish I Were in Love Again,” “Fly Me to the Moon,” “Manhattan,” “A Tisket, a Tasket,” and “I Want the Waiter with the Water.” The show concludes with a recording made in front of a live audience during which Fitzgerald couldn’t remember the words of her song. She improvised so skillfully that her performance won a Grammy Award.
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