Editing Ella Fitzgerald (section)

==Tributes and legacy==
[[File:Statue of Ella Fitzgerald in Montreux.jpg|thumb|alt=Bronze statue of Fitzgerald in a park. She is depicted as holding a microphone and gesturing the other hand forward.|Statue of Fitzgerald in [[Montreux]], Switzerland]]

The career history and archival material from Fitzgerald's long career are housed in the Archives Center at the [[Smithsonian]]'s [[National Museum of American History]], while her personal music arrangements are at the [[Library of Congress]]. Her extensive [[cookbook]] collection was donated to the Schlesinger Library at [[Harvard University]], and her extensive collection of published sheet music was donated to UCLA. Harvard gave her an honorary degree in music in 1990.

In 1997, [[Newport News, Virginia]], created a week-long music festival with [[Christopher Newport University]] to honor Fitzgerald in her birth city.

[[Ann Hampton Callaway]], [[Dee Dee Bridgewater]], and [[Patti Austin]] have all recorded albums in tribute to Fitzgerald. Callaway's album ''To Ella with Love'' (1996) features 14 jazz standards made popular by Fitzgerald, and the album also features the trumpeter [[Wynton Marsalis]]. Bridgewater's album ''[[Dear Ella]]'' (1997) featured many musicians that were closely associated with Fitzgerald during her career, including the pianist [[Lou Levy (pianist)|Lou Levy]], the trumpeter Benny Powell, and Fitzgerald's second husband, double bassist Ray Brown. Bridgewater's following album, ''[[Live at Yoshi's (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)|Live at Yoshi's]]'', was recorded live on April 25, 1998, what would have been Fitzgerald's 81st birthday.

Austin's album, ''For Ella'' (2002) features 11 songs most immediately associated with Fitzgerald, and a twelfth song, "Hearing Ella Sing" is Austin's tribute to Fitzgerald. The album was nominated for a [[Grammy]]. In 2007, ''[[We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song|We All Love Ella]]'', was released, a tribute album recorded for Fitzgerald's 90th birthday. It featured artists such as [[Michael Bublé]], [[Natalie Cole]], [[Chaka Khan]], [[Gladys Knight]], [[Diana Krall]], [[k.d. lang]], [[Queen Latifah]], [[Ledisi]], Dianne Reeves, [[Linda Ronstadt]], and [[Lizz Wright]], collating songs most readily associated with the "First Lady of Song". Folk singer [[Odetta]]'s album ''[[To Ella]]'' (1998) is dedicated to Fitzgerald, but features no songs associated with her. Her accompanist Tommy Flanagan affectionately remembered Fitzgerald on his album ''Lady be Good ... For Ella'' (1994).

"[[Ella, elle l'a]]", a tribute to Fitzgerald written by [[Michel Berger]] and performed by French singer [[France Gall]], was a hit in Europe in 1987 and 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |title=France Gall |url=http://www.radioswissjazz.ch/en/musicians/artist/21127a25816eb62377a6bec3bc2551ed444d8/biography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407181046/http://www.radioswissjazz.ch/en/musicians/artist/21127a25816eb62377a6bec3bc2551ed444d8/biography |archive-date=April 7, 2016 |access-date=March 25, 2015 |website=Radio Swizz Jazz}}</ref> Fitzgerald is also referred to in the 1976 [[Stevie Wonder]] hit "[[Sir Duke]]" from his album ''[[Songs in the Key of Life]]'', and the song "I Love Being Here With You", written by [[Peggy Lee]] and Bill Schluger. Sinatra's 1986 recording of "[[Mack the Knife]]" from his album ''[[L.A. Is My Lady]]'' (1984) includes a homage to some of the song's previous performers, including 'Lady Ella' herself. She is also honored in the song "First Lady" by Canadian artist [[Nikki Yanofsky]].

In 2008, the Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center in Newport News named its new 276-seat theater the Ella Fitzgerald Theater. The theater is located several blocks away from her birthplace on Marshall Avenue. The Grand Opening performers (October 11 and 12, 2008) were [[Roberta Flack]] and [[Queen Esther Marrow]].

In 2012, [[Rod Stewart]] performed a "virtual duet" with Ella Fitzgerald on his Christmas album ''Merry Christmas, Baby'', and his television special of the same name.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Graff |first=Gary |date=October 30, 2012 |title=Rod Stewart: I Thought Christmas Album Was 'Beneath Me' |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474407/rod-stewart-i-thought-christmas-album-was-beneath-me |access-date=February 23, 2014 |work=Billboard}}</ref>

There is [[The First Lady of Jazz (sculpture)|a bronze sculpture of Fitzgerald]] in Yonkers, the city in which she grew up, created by American artist Vinnie Bagwell. It is located southeast of the main entrance to the [[Amtrak]]/[[Metro-North Railroad]] station in front of the city's [[Yonkers Trolley Barn|old trolley barn]]. The statue's location is one of 14 tour stops on the [[African American Heritage Trail of Westchester County]]. A bust of Fitzgerald is on the campus of [[Chapman University]] in Orange, California. [[Ed Dwight]] created a series of over 70 bronze sculptures at the St. Louis Arch Museum at the request of the National Park Service; the series, "Jazz: An American Art Form", depicts the evolution of jazz and features various jazz performers, including Fitzgerald.<ref name="edstudios-bio">{{Cite web |title=Behind the Scenes |url=http://www.eddwight.com/about/behind-scenes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809025235/http://www.eddwight.com/about/behind-scenes |archive-date=August 9, 2015 |access-date=July 25, 2015 |website=eddwight.com |publisher=Ed Dwight Studios, Inc.}}</ref>

On January 9, 2007, the [[United States Postal Service]] announced that Fitzgerald would be honored with her own postage stamp.<ref name="Stamp" /> The stamp was released in April 2007 as part of the Postal Service's Black Heritage series.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 9, 2007 |title=New Stamp Honors First Lady of Song |url=http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/5134776.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905194809/http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/5134776.html |archive-date=September 5, 2013 |access-date=December 2, 2009 |publisher=[[WHSV-TV|WHSV News 3]]}}</ref>

In April 2013, she was featured in [[Google Doodle]], depicting her performing onstage. It celebrated what would have been her 96th birthday.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Batty |first=David |date=April 25, 2013 |title=Google celebrates Ella Fitzgerald with doodle on 96th birthday |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/apr/25/ella-fitzgerald-commemorated-google-doodle |access-date=September 9, 2017 |work=Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Patrick |date=April 25, 2013 |title=Ella Fitzgerald celebrated in Google Doodle; 'The Queen of Jazz' Ella Fitzgearld is commemorated with a Google Doodle on what would have been her 96th birthday |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/google-doodle/10017182/Ella-Fitzgerald-celebrated-in-Google-Doodle.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/google-doodle/10017182/Ella-Fitzgerald-celebrated-in-Google-Doodle.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |access-date=September 9, 2017 |work=The Telegraph Online}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On April 25, 2017, the centenary of her birth, the UK's [[BBC Radio 2]] broadcast three programs as part of an "Ella at 100" celebration: ''Ella Fitzgerald Night'', introduced by [[Jamie Cullum]]; ''Remembering Ella''; introduced by [[Leo Green]]; and ''Ella Fitzgerald – the First Lady of Song'', introduced by [[Petula Clark]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 25, 2017 |title=Ella at 100, Ella Fitzgerald – The First Lady of Song |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08n1bxs |access-date=April 25, 2017 |website=BBC Radio 2 – Bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

In 2019, ''Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things'', a documentary by [[Leslie Woodhead]], was released in the UK. It featured rare footage, radio broadcasts and interviews with Jamie Cullum, [[André Previn|Andre Previn]], [[Johnny Mathis]], and other musicians, plus a long interview with Fitzgerald's son, [[Ray Brown Jr.|Ray Brown Jr]].<ref name="auto" />

In 2023, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked Fitzgerald at No. 45 on their list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=January 1, 2023 |title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/ella-fitzgerald-2-1234643126/ |access-date=September 5, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>