An American jazz singer often referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.

Best of Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song album for sale by Ella Fitzgerald was released Oct 18, 1994 on the Verve label. Personnel includes: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals), Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet), Ben Webster (tenor saxophone), Charlie Parker, Bill Doggett (alto saxophones), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Stuff Smith (violin), Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Tommy Flannagan, Oscar Peterson (piano), Jim Hall, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel (guitars). Best of Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song CD music contains a single disc with 16 songs.

Such all-time classics as "Can't We Be Friends?," "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'," "Baby, Don't You Go 'Way Mad," "I Won't Dance," and "Don't Be That Way" are definitive Ella, and are included.