Tweets
    blackhistoryday: In 1959, Ella Fitzgerald was the first black woman to win a Grammy. She began her career at age fifteen, at the Harlem’s Apollo Theater where she won an amateur contest. Fitzgerald recorded the well-known “A Tisket-A-Tasket” in 1938 and it became Chick Webb’s band’s first hit. She developed her famous skat singing style while on a tour with Dizzy Gillespie. Known as the “First Lady of Jazz,” Fitzgerald became one of the most celebrated singers of the century. During her career she recorded more than 250 albums and won 13 Grammys. She also won the Kennedy Center Honor, the National Medal of the Arts, and the American Black Achievement Award. Source: Black Firsts: Groundbreaking Events in African American History

    blackhistoryday:

    In 1959, Ella Fitzgerald was the first black woman to win a Grammy. She began her career at age fifteen, at the Harlem’s Apollo Theater where she won an amateur contest. Fitzgerald recorded the well-known “A Tisket-A-Tasket” in 1938 and it became Chick Webb’s band’s first hit. She developed her famous skat singing style while on a tour with Dizzy Gillespie. Known as the “First Lady of Jazz,” Fitzgerald became one of the most celebrated singers of the century. During her career she recorded more than 250 albums and won 13 Grammys. She also won the Kennedy Center Honor, the National Medal of the Arts, and the American Black Achievement Award.

    Source: Black Firsts: Groundbreaking Events in African American History

    221 notes
    Posted on Sunday, 29 January
    Reblogged from: blackqueerdo
    Posted by: blackhistoryday
    Next Post     Previous Post
    1. farmakeio21 reblogged this from blackhistoryday
    2. dirpros92 reblogged this from blackhistoryday
    3. prosdir23 reblogged this from blackhistoryday
    4. trappedinhistory reblogged this from diasporicroots
    5. theartofthegentleman reblogged this from queennubian
    6. krazykindakool reblogged this from swagsoclean
    7. swagsoclean reblogged this from diasporicroots
    8. cuddlefashionliterature reblogged this from black-culture
    9. kxxgcxxb reblogged this from eatcerealwithwater
    10. eatcerealwithwater reblogged this from rickehh
    11. uniquelymalik reblogged this from rickehh
    12. rickehh reblogged this from black-culture
    13. chrisareid reblogged this from ashesforjustice
    14. loveklansk reblogged this from diasporicroots
    15. ashesforjustice reblogged this from blackqueerdo
    16. no1other reblogged this from blackqueerdo
    17. porcelianchronicles reblogged this from diasporicroots
    18. missnikki365 reblogged this from blackhistoryday
    19. slumbeauty reblogged this from diasporicroots
    20. naturallycurlyandcurvy reblogged this from gloriagotrocks
    21. gloriagotrocks reblogged this from diasporicroots
    22. pictour-perfect reblogged this from darkertheberrysweeterthejuiceee
    23. sheilastansbury reblogged this from blackqueerdo
    24. darkertheberrysweeterthejuiceee reblogged this from caughtuslippin
    25. caughtuslippin reblogged this from brownsugarbrowneyes
    26. collegekidd reblogged this from black-culture
    27. zzinvictus reblogged this from diasporicroots
    28. joslynthediva reblogged this from diasporicroots
    29. sherrice reblogged this from diasporicroots
    30. tonishaax reblogged this from black-culture
    31. ambercherre reblogged this from blackhistoryday
    32. yupyaki4life reblogged this from diasporicroots
    33. omystitch reblogged this from black-culture
    34. saydee reblogged this from black-culture
    35. deauxboymeetsworld reblogged this from vivakiddodance
    Theme Urban v3 by Max Davis