Ella Fitzgerald

I think she was the greatest ever singer of popular songs. She was noted for her purity of tone, faultless phrasing and intonation, and she outdid Louis Armstrong in scat singing - improvising sounds and syllables. She had a vocal range of three octaves. Ira Gershwin said of her: "I never knew how good our songs were until I heard Ella Fitzgerald sing them." I have recordings of her in my computer memory and never tire of listening to her - every recording is a treasure.