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Marilyn fece cantare Ella Fitzgerald al Mocambo (che l'aveva cassata per via del fatto che era nera - anni '50)

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Marilyn fece cantare Ella Fitzgerald al Mocambo (che l'aveva cassata per via del fatto che era nera - anni '50) adducendo che sarebbe stata nel club se EF avesse cantato nel locale. E così fece... Grandi donne   dalla  un pagina  di facebook   https://www.facebook.com/pages/I-libri-di-Daniela-Tuscano/ amica  e  utente   Wonderful story on the unlikely sisterhood of actress Marilyn Monroe & jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald! Blogger Patricia Grannum writes, "Apparently in the 50s, a popular nightclub, Mocambo would not book Ella Fitzgerald because she was black. Fortunately for Ella, she had a powerful and unlikely benefactor: “I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt… it was because of her that I played the Mocambo, a very popular nightclub in the ’50s. She personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him - and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar