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From the album "Ella At Zardi's (Live At Zardi’s/1956)". A Verve Recordings release. Ella Fitzgerald - "Ella Fitzgerald - "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Live At Zardi’s, 1956 - Louis Armstrong impersonation)

When Chicago burned, I offered a song about Chicago. So, with Kenosha burning, I thought I'd offer a song about Kenosha - figuring the way things are going in America this format should keep me going till retirement. Alas, I failed to anticipate that there are apparently no songs about Kenosha. Oh, well. There must be a songwriter or two born in Kenosha. But again, apparently not. There is, however, a very great instrumentalist who, while not born in Kenosha... After his father's death in the Great War, Hamp spent his boyhood in Kenosha, in the second decade of the...

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday was inducted in the annual National Women’s Hall of Fame. She was nominated in 2009 by President Barack Obama and made history when she was confirmed as the Court's first Hispanic justice. Sotomayor has consistently sided with the Court's liberal decisions, The Hill reported.Other 2019 National Women's Hall of Fame inductees included:• Actress Jane Fonda• Civil rights activist Angela Davis• Native American lawyer Sarah Deer• Retired Air Force fighter pilot Nicole Malachowski• The late suffragist and cartoonist Rose O’Neill• New York Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D), who died last year• Composer Laurie Spiegel• AIDS researcher...

Ken Nordine’s voice was tailor-made for late night radio. His unparalleled, smooth baritone guided WBEZ listeners through the show Word Jazz for more than 40 years. Nordine died Saturday at the age of 98, his son Ken Nordine, Jr. said. “He had a very special mind, an amazing way of looking at the world and making his own sense out of it," his son said. “I think it made sense to a lot of people because a lot of people really enjoyed listening to him.” Word Jazz is a mix of spoken word, poetry and sound design. In a 2000...

"I'm Glad There Is You", has been sung by countless people, i.e. Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, Lena Horne, Julie London, Tony Bennett, Vic Damone, Sammy Davis Junior, Rosemary Clooney, Beyoncé, The Temptations, etc. It's very hard to pick the best, so I'll just throw out to the FR group to weigh in, and tell me in your own opinion which version is your favorite.

Ella Fitzgerald...