Ella Speed

[JSngry]

The other day, there was a contestant on The Price Is Right named Ella Speed.

I wonder what was up with that 

She didn't win anything either 

Ella Speed.

[Big Beat Steve]

 

[JSngry]

 

[jlhoots]

Gil Evans + 10 on New Jazz had a performance of Ella Speed. BTW, great record in total.

[Rabshakeh]

There's the Mance Lipscomb version too. 

Same great cracked vocal moments on that. A favourite of mine. 

Edited Wednesday at 08:24 PM by Rabshakeh

[JSngry]

1 hour ago, jlhoots said:

Gil Evans + 10 on New Jazz had a performance of Ella Speed. BTW, great record in total.

Indeed!

And still I wonder -how did this person come to be named Ella Speed?

This is 2025!

[Big Beat Steve]

On 10/8/2025 at 11:43 PM, JSngry said:

And still I wonder -how did this person come to be named Ella Speed?

This is 2025!

Some special knowledge and preferences off today's mainstream? You never know ...
In the discussion forum section of the website of a German news weekly there is a forumist (present sufficiently often to be noticed by others) whose forum nick is "curtisfuller". Anybody's guess how many of the average forumists will be wise to what's up with that? 

[medjuck]

On 10/8/2025 at 1:16 PM, jlhoots said:

Gil Evans + 10 on New Jazz had a performance of Ella Speed. BTW, great record in total.

Bob Dylan cites this record because of Ella Speed in his weird "autobiography".

[JSngry]

1 hour ago, Big Beat Steve said:

Some special knowledge and preferences off today's mainstream? You never know ...
In the discussion forum section of the website of a German news weekly there is a forumist (present sufficiently often to be noticed by others) whose forum nick is "curtisfuller". Anybody's guess how many of the average forumists will be wise to what's up with that? 

This lady appeared to be in the 50-60 age range, so if "Ella Speed" is her real name, her parents (he Speeds) would have named her "Ella", that would have been in the 60s-70s.

It's kinda weird to do that, considering the date of Ella in the song...