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Acting Out

The Last Archive

CHAPTER

The Orphanage

Fitzgerald always got asked to tell the story of how she got famous The amateur hour at the Apollo theater in Harlem when she was supposed to dance but got nervous and started to sing instead. She's about to tell it again, but listen closely to what happens when she does Ella as you look back on your life. Fitzgerald: "I just realized that a lot of people love me"

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