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In 1958, Ella Fitzgerald became the first Black woman to win a Grammy award.
Following a troubled childhood, Ella Fitzgerald turned to singing and debuted at the Apollo Theater in 1934. Discovered in an amateur contest, she became the top female jazz singer for more than 50 years. In 1958, Fitzgerald made history as the first African-American woman to win a Grammy Award. Due in no small part to her vocal quality, with lucid intonation and a broad range, the singer would go on to win 13 Grammys and sell more 40 million albums throughout her career. Her multi-volume "songbooks" on Verve Records are among the treasures of American song. Fitzgerald died in California in 1996.
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