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Ella Fitzgerald promised to sing easy and understandable music last night at Massey Hall concert with Toronto Symphony, and she did. The orchestra pro(...)
Ella Fitzgerald promised to sing easy and understandable music last night at Massey Hall concert with Toronto Symphony, and she did. The orchestra pro(...)

Ella Fitzgerald promised to sing easy and understandable music last night at Massey Hall concert with Toronto Symphony, and she did. The orchestra pro(...)

Date5/23/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ella Fitzgerald promised to sing easy and understandable music last night at Massey Hall concert with Toronto Symphony; and she did. The orchestra provided little more than a backdrop for her imaginative singing.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0047271F
Exciting Ella Fitzgerald caught in action at Massey Hall last night
Exciting Ella Fitzgerald caught in action at Massey Hall last night
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Ella Fitzgerald at massey hall last night
Ella Fitzgerald at massey hall last night
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Ella Fitzgerald: Always working, she sings for 1,000 children here Monday
Ella Fitzgerald: Always working, she sings for 1,000 children here Monday
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Ella Fitzgerald at Massey hall
Ella Fitzgerald at Massey hall
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5/23/1974
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Singer Ella Fitzgerald is surrounded by young fans after her concert yesterday in the Royal York Hotel for 1,000 children from inner-city schools. The(...)
1/29/1973
Ella Fitzgerald opened for a week at the Royal York last night before a cheering audience which gave her two standing ovations. Emcee Moxie Whitney called it one of Imperial Room's 'great moments.'
Ella Fitzgerald opened for a week at the Royal York last night before a cheering audience which gave her two standing ovations. Emcee Moxie Whitney called it one of Imperial Room's 'great moments.'
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Ella Fitzgerald opened two-week engagemtn in the Royal York's Imperial Room last night and critic Bill Dampier found her performance better than ever.(...)
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In all directions: British singer-songwriter Joe Jackson has proved to be one of the most restlessly inventive figures in new music: Peter Goddard says of his concert at Massey Hall last night
10/7/1982
A tribute to Ella. Metro Chairman Dennis Flynn admires a plaque presented to Ella Fitzgerald at city hall yesterday, where Mayor Art Eggleton declared(...)
A tribute to Ella. Metro Chairman Dennis Flynn admires a plaque presented to Ella Fitzgerald at city hall yesterday, where Mayor Art Eggleton declared(...)
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Poet-singer Leonard Cohen gave concert at Massey Hall last night
Poet-singer Leonard Cohen gave concert at Massey Hall last night
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A Man of many parts, Charles Aznavour last night delighted 2,100 fans at his concert in Massey Hall with performance in which he played out individual(...)
A Man of many parts, Charles Aznavour last night delighted 2,100 fans at his concert in Massey Hall with performance in which he played out individual(...)
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