成人快手

To remember the life and work of Ella Fitzgerald, often referred to as 'the first lady of song', Radio 2 is hosting a special night in memory of the iconic jazz and soul star.

Ella passed away in 1996 aged 79, but her legacy and influence can still be heard in many of today's modern stars. Here are 6 stars who have been inspired by Ella's work and who keep her spirit alive to this day.

is one of the biggest music stars on the planet, but says she grew up with little music around her and only found her passion when after discovering a stack of Ella Fitzgerald and Etta James vinyl in a junk shop.

"There was no musical heritage in our family," she told The Telegraph in 2008.

"Chart music was all I ever knew. So when I listened to the Ettas and the Ellas, it sounds so cheesy, but it was like an awakening.

"I was like, oh, right, some people have proper longevity and are legends. I was so inspired that as a 15-year-old I was listening to music that had been made in the Forties.

"The idea that people might look back to my music in 50 years' time was a real spur to doing this."

British soul star Mica Paris is such a big fan, she's currently performing Ella Fitzgerald songs at a special show in London.

"I was brought up in gospel but my dad was obsessed with jazz and would play Ella and Miles Davis and play the flute and trumpet along to the music and sing," Mica told The Wharf magazine about her upcoming Ella tribute.

"I wasn’t allowed to listen to it all the time because my grandparents raised me and anything outside of gospel they considered devil music.

"She was ubiquitous. She would do rock, soul, every genre. I’m like that. I want to do funk, rock, soul, jazz, indie, a bit of everything."

Lady Gaga threw a career curve-ball in 2014 when she teamed up with Tony Bennett to release a jazz album, but Gaga had been listening to and loving jazz since her early teenage years.

"I started singing jazz when I was 13 and I discovered it before then," she told Vogue magazine in 2014.

"My mom used to play Billie Holiday on Sundays, I found Ella Fitzgerald - who’s my absolute favorite jazz singer - and my father listened to Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett.

"So part of me knew in my heart that many of my fans would fall in love with jazz the same way I did, because we’re very similar."

Lana Del Rey has built a career on her obsession with jazz singers, cult leaders and iconic American imagery.

She once covered Ella's iconic Cry Me A River and in 2016 shared a simple Instagram video driving around LA listening to Ella's classic tune "I'll Never Be The Same."

Watch Lana's clip here.

KT Tunstall's unmistakable brand of indie-pop doesn't have much in common with Ella's iconic jazz sounds, but Ella was still a huge influence on KT in her younger years.

She names Madonna and Eddi Reader as her early favourites, but says her taste as a youngster soon developed.

"I kind of digressed into more jazz and blues and really got into Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone," she told Music Week in 2016.

"I'm always inspired by musicians who I felt were musicians before their gender.

"Chrissie Hynde is a songwriter, her gender is secondary to what she does. Same with Patti Smith."

Katie Melua names Ella among a broad range of influences and there are very definitely hints of Ella in Katie's quieter, jazzier work.

Ella Fitzgerald who I've just got into is also an amazing singer," she told the 成人快手 in 2003.

Her interest in Ella comes among a broad range of other classic influences.

"Eva Cassidy is my absolute idol," she added.

"I'm also hugely inspired by Freddie Mercury from Queen - his singing is amazing, his delivery was really flawless," she added.

"People who inspire my songwriting are Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan."

Listen to an evening of Ella Fitzgerald specials from 7pm, Tuesday 25 April 2017