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While most of the world is still buzzing about last night’s star-studded Grammy Awards, we want to acknowledge the talented songstress who blazed a trail for all the women who took home awards yesterday. Ella Fitzgerald was the first woman to ever win multiple Grammys at the inaugural Grammy Awards in 1958. She snagged wins for Best Jazz Performance, Individual and Best Vocal Performance, Female. Rightfully given the monikers, First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz and First Lady of Swing, Fitzgerald is celebrated for her pure tone, impeccable diction and scat singing >Christopher Williams?   

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