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UPDATED: SEP 15, 2020, ORIGINAL: JAN 30, 2019
Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe: Inside Their Surprising Friendship
The Hollywood starlet and jazz singer had a bond that defied the odds during a time of racial prejudice.
by Sara Kettler
"When once asked about her favorite singers, Marilyn Monroe answered, "Well, my very favorite person, and I love her as a person as well as a singer, I think she's the greatest, and that's Ella Fitzgerald." "

"By the 1950s, Fitzgerald's enthralling singing voice had won her fans across the country. But the venues that hired her were often smaller clubs; some places weren't interested in having an black woman perform for them, no matter her talent...."

Marilyn "had spent hours listening to Fitzgerald's recordings (a music coach had recommended this to improve the star's own singing). In November 1954, she got to see Fitzgerald perform in Los Angeles. The two were soon friends, so when Monroe learned of Fitzgerald's inability to get a gig at the Mocambo, a famous L.A. nightclub, she decided to help."

"The club's owner felt [Ella] Fitzgerald lacked the glamour to draw crowds. So Monroe approached him with a proposition — if he booked Fitzgerald, she promised to sit at the front of the house every night and to bring along other celebrities. Monroe made clear the amount of publicity this would garner, so the club owner agreed to hire Fitzgerald for a couple of weeks in March 1955."

Marilyn "kept her word to sit up front, and Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland showed up on opening night. However, such celebrity firepower wasn't that necessary — Fitzgerald's shows sold out, and the owner even added a week to her contract."
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Introduction song: "Marilyn Monroe - I Wanna Be Loved By You (Sam Di Tullio Remix) RADIO EDIT" by Sam Di Tullio - Feb 25, 2013
Song
I Wanna Be Loved By You
Artist
Marilyn Monroe
Album
I Wanna Be Loved By You
Writers
Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar, Herbert Stothart
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