Ella Fitzgerald: A Vocal Virtuosa

This story is told from the viewpoint of which fictional character:

• Scat Cat Monroe

• Snoop Dog Miller

• Ella Fitzgerald

• Billy Dee Williams

Select all of true statements about Ella Fitzgerald.

• As a young girl, Ella loved to dance.

• Ella made a hit single using the rhyme "A Tisket, a Tasket".

• Scat Cat Monroe was Ella Fitzgerald's real-life talking cat.

• Later in her Career, Ella sang a type of Jazz called "Scat".

• Ella Fitzgerald was never successful in music.

Ella Fitzgerald conquered racial differences by being one of the first musicians to perform to mixed audiences. (both blacks and whites attending together in the days before the Civil Rights movement)

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which Statement is true?

• Ella Fitzgerald was always willing to learn from others.

• Ella Fitzgerald did it her way all the time, ignoring others suggestions.

• Ella Fitzgerald was a famous singer by the age of 12.

• Scat Cat Monroe sang harmony on all of Ella Fitzgerald's songs.

After Chick Webb heard Ella Fitzgerald sing, he said "If the Kids like her, she stays". The kids at Yale University loved her, and she went on to sing with "Chick Webb and his Band" for several years.

• TRUE

• FALSE

In 1938, at the age of 21, Ella recorded a playful version of the nursery rhyme, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket." The album sold 1 million copies, hit number one, and stayed on the pop charts for 17 weeks. Suddenly, Ella Fitzgerald was famous.

• TRUE

• FALSE

When Chick Webb passed away in 1939, the band was renamed "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra," and she took on the task of leading the Band.

• TRUE

• FALSE

After the success of "A Tisket, A Tasket", Ella Fitzgerald never had another hit song, thus joining the large number of 1-hit wonders.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The following people all had a part in either the making of the book or video version "Ella Fitzgerald: A Vocal Virtuosa". Select all that Apply:

• Andrea Davis Pinkney

• Brian Pinkney

• Billy Dee Williams

• Forest Gump

• UltraMan