JSngry Posted Wednesday at 03:23 PM Report Posted Wednesday at 03:23 PM 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. Quote
jlhoots Posted Wednesday at 08:16 PM Report Posted Wednesday at 08:16 PM Gil Evans + 10 on New Jazz had a performance of Ella Speed. BTW, great record in total. Quote
Rabshakeh Posted Wednesday at 08:21 PM Report Posted Wednesday at 08:21 PM (edited) 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 Quote
JSngry Posted Wednesday at 09:43 PM Author Report Posted Wednesday at 09:43 PM 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! Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted Friday at 05:08 PM Report Posted Friday at 05:08 PM 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? Quote
medjuck Posted Friday at 05:49 PM Report Posted Friday at 05:49 PM 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". Quote
JSngry Posted Friday at 06:29 PM Author Report Posted Friday at 06:29 PM 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... Quote
Steve Gray Posted 3 hours ago Report Posted 3 hours ago On 10/10/2025 at 7:29 PM, JSngry said: 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... She might have been born 'Ella Fitzgerald' and married into the name 🙂 Quote
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