This story about how Marilyn Monroe supposedly helped Ella Fitzgerald book a gig at the posh West Hollywood night club Mocambo in the 1950s laps the internet frequently. Here are the facts. 👇
," Morrison didn't think Fitzgerald was sexy enough to perform at his posh club .
According to Dorothy Dandridge, however, the real problem with Fitzgerald at that time was not that she was African-American but that she was overweight, without much sex appeal. While on the West Coast, Granz had booked Ella into the Mocambo, a big upper-crust nitery in Hollywood. This was done with the help of Marilyn Monroe, who, while recuperating from minor surgery in November 1954, went to hear Ella at a club near her Hollywood home and became a devoted fan.
On opening night Monroe ensured that the audience was liberally sprinkled with celebrities, including Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra. The engagement was a huge success, and night after night of full houses encouraged Morrison to extend Ella's run there. When she finally completed her stay, Granz booked her into the huge Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, where she became the first-ever jazz performer to entertain in the hotel's Venetian Room.
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