The First Lady of Song

This is a blog about music. All kinds of Music. Pop. Rock. Folk. Blues. Country. Jazz. etc. etc. .... You name it, and it will be here. I will show some of the coolest You Tube videos. Give a few history lessons in music. Discuss some great songs. But most of all, will just let you enjoy the essentials of music (Music-Essentials). 

Perhaps I ought to start with something about me. I’m a 29 year old girl/woman, and have been in love with music ever since I can remember.  As I was born in 1981, my first  real music memories were from about 1989. I was 8 years old back then, and vividly remember Tina Turner’s “Simply the Best”, Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time”, Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal”. Remember?? Of course, you do! 

Up untill I was about 24 I only listened to top 40 (pop) music, but then discovered that people also made music before I was  born! I started listening to country music (especially bluegrass), but also took more interest in Gospel music, (hard) rock, jazz, blues, classical music, hiphop, and actually just about any kind of music there is out there. What I also discovered at that age, is that there are so many music genres I didn´t even know about, (including lots and lots and lots of singers), and am still discovering as of today. So, feel free to send me any great music you think others might appreciate too. As this is my first blog post, I won´t give you my entire (musical) history yet, but will share more about me in future blogposts.  

Now, to kick of with something really groovy, which also truly expresses how I feel about music, I give you Ella Fitzgerald (a quite aged version of the First Lady of Song) with ... . Aaaaah, 

“It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got that Swing)"

 Some facts you might want to know before you watch this great video:

♪ Ella Fitzgerald was born in 1917 and died in 1996 at the age of 79.

♪ Here first big hit was “A-Tisket A-Tasket” all the way back from 1938

♪ This was about too years after she was discovered at the famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem (New York)
♪ She recorded quite a few popular albums with Louis Armstrong 
♪ In her lifetime she won a total of 13 grammys
♪ Check this website to retrieve more information on Mrs. Fitzgerald

♪ Or, even better, watch this great documentary from BBC Four on her extraordinary life
♪ The following song is a Duke Ellington original 

♪ (Don't be impatient, the real singing will start at 1.59, but I just love her introduction)