Her father, Joseph Smith, worked for United Press International in Paris and moved to Washington, D. C., United States in 1966, where he became The Washington Post < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s first official obituary editor.

Her Duke Ellington Songbook placed Ellington firmly in the canon known as the Great American Songbook, and the 1960s saw Fitzgerald and the ' Duke ' meet on the Côte d ' Azur for the 1966 album Ella and Duke at the Cote D ' Azur, and in Sweden for The Stockholm Concert, 1966.

Her final stage performance came in 1966 when she played Mrs Malaprop in The Rivals at the Haymarket Theatre, alongside Sir Ralph Richardson.

Her one attempt at Shakespeare, performing Lady Macbeth opposite Alec Guinness at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1966 proved to be ill-advised, although some critics were harsher and one referred to her English as " impossibly Gallic ".

Her final gig with the Airplane took place at the Fillmore on October 15, 1966.

Her acoustic guitar is a venerable and well-traveled Guild instrument, purchased for her in New York by a friend in 1966.

Her first speaking role was in the 1966 film Cul-de-sac, starring Donald Pleasence and directed by Roman Polanski.

Her last top ten single on the pop charts was 1963's " Losing You " ( No. 6 ), while she continued to have other chart songs such as her 1966 song " Coming On Strong " and " Is It True?

Her first self-penned song to crack the Top Ten, 1966 ’ s " Dear Uncle Sam ”, was among the very first recordings to recount the human costs of the Vietnam War.

Her song, " Dear Uncle Sam ", released in 1966 during the Vietnam War, describes a wife's anguish at the loss of a husband to war.

Her last theatrical film was The Witches ( 1966 ), which she also co-produced.

Her husband was finally elected as Labour MP for Falmouth and Camborne in 1966 ( she was elected at the same time in Exeter ).

( Stop Her On Sight )" ( 1966 ) (# 9 R & B ) (# 48 Pop ) (# 11 UK )

Her first single, Apartment No. 9 ( written by Bobby Austin and Johnny Paycheck ), was released in December 1966, and just missed the Top 40 on the Country charts, peaking at No. 44.

Her ordeal began on 18 November 1966 and ended the next day with her death on 19 November.

#" Mrs Honeyman and Her Baby " ( 28 March 1966 )

Her early career was largely managed by studio producer Franco Cristaldi, to whom Cardinale was married from 1966 until 1975.

* Mrs. Pepperpot Tries to Please Her Husband, written by Alf Prøysen, read by Ann Way ( 10 November 1966 )

Her first LP, ironically titled Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits, appeared in 1966.

Her role in The Nun ( 1966 ) directed by Jacques Rivette is considered by some as her best performance.

Her film appearances included the spy spoof Matchless ( 1966, co-starring Patrick O ' Neal ), I Killed Rasputin ( 1967 ), Dead Run ( 1967, co-starring Peter Lawford ), The Vatican Affair ( 1968 ), Five Dolls for an August Moon ( 1970 ) and The Fifth Cord ( 1971 ).

* Gloria Emerson, " Her Closets Brim With Fashion: Princess Virginia Ira von und zu Furstenberg ", New York Times, 14 April 1966.

Her first husband was Liberty Records executive Irving " Bud " Dain, whom she married on January 29, 1966 ( annulled in 1967 ).

The films touched on themes which for earlier film makers in the communist countries had rarely managed to avoid the objections of the censor, such as the misguided youths of Czechoslovak society portrayed in Miloš Forman's Black Peter ( 1963 ) and Loves of a Blonde ( Lásky jedné plavovlásky 1965 ), or those caught in a surrealistic whirlwind in Věra Chytilová's Daisies ( Sedmikrásky 1966 ) and Jaromil Jireš ' Valerie and Her Week of Wonders ( Valerie a týden divů 1970 ).

Her recording of " Sentimental Journey " was the first song placed in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Her more starkly personal 1971 recording Blue has been called one of the best albums ever made.

Her 1945 scat recording of " Flying Home " arranged by Vic Schoen would later be described by The New York Times as " one of the most influential vocal jazz records of the decade .... Where other singers, most notably Louis Armstrong, had tried similar improvisation, no one before Miss Fitzgerald employed the technique with such dazzling inventiveness.

" Her bebop recording of " Oh, Lady be Good!

Her first professional recording with Ike Turner was singing background for him on Ike's record, " Box Top ".

Her extraordinary talent was discovered when Miranda was first introduced to composer Josué de Barros, who went on to promote and record her first album with a Brunswick, a German recording company in 1929.

Her success as a live performer led to her recording several albums at Capitol Records: Liza!

" Her musical style and choreography have influenced and inspired a younger generation of recording artists.

Her fame grew throughout the early 1990s, especially in Spanish-speaking countries, and she had begun recording in English as well.

" ( Her performance was repeated on 1991 studio cast recording based on the concert staging, appearing alongside Howard McGillin, Susan Powell, Kim Criswell, and Karen Ziemba.

Her desire and ability to sing came early ; at age seven she was offered her first recording contract, which her father turned down.

Her performances in the Broadway musical Black and Blue earned Brown a Tony Award, and the original cast recording won a Grammy Award.

Her first studio recording session was with Bruce Robb, who produced, engineered, and mixed her demos.

Her youngest son, Solomon, also has started recording.

Her marriage and recording début came in 1929, to and with Kansas Joe McCoy, when a Columbia Records talent scout heard them playing in a Beale Street barbershop in their distinctive ' Memphis style ,' and their song " Bumble Bee " became a hit.

Her recording of " Tenderly " became an unexpected pop hit in late 1947.

Her December 27, 1947, recording of " It's Magic " ( from the Doris Day film Romance on the High Seas ) found chart success in early 1948.

Her recording of " Nature Boy " from April 8, 1948, became a hit around the same time as the release of the famous Nat King Cole recording of the same song.

Her debut Mercury recording session took place in February 1954 and she stayed with the label through 1959.

Her interpretation of the music led to a new album, Twentieth Century Blues ( 1996 ), which focused on the music of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, followed in 1998 by a recording of The Seven Deadly Sins, with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.

In 1981, he recorded some instrumental tracks for his unreleased instrumental album Strings and Things and in 1984, he did some instrumental writing and recording including the soundtrack for the film A Breed Apart, The only work released under his own name were two singles: " Railroad " in 1970 and " Hold Her in Your Hand " in 1984.

Her relationship with the Wilburn Brothers and her appearances on the Grand Ole Opry, beginning in 1960, helped Lynn become the number one female recording artist in country music.

Her final professional appearance was a cameo on the 1988 studio recording of Jerome Kern's Show Boat, starring Frederica von Stade and Jerry Hadley, in which she affectingly spoke the few lines of The Old Lady on the Levee in the final scene.

Her 1961 recording of Sailor became her first No. 1 hit in the U. K., while such follow-up recordings as Romeo and My Friend the Sea landed her in the British Top Ten later that year.