Ella Fitzgerald’s biorhythm

Jazz singer · Born April 25, 1917

Ella Fitzgerald, the “First Lady of Song”, shaped 20th-century jazz with her voice and her scat singing.

The big day: May 4, 1959

Two Grammys at the very first ceremony. At the very first Grammy Awards she won twice – the first African American woman ever to win a Grammy.

Biorhythm on May 4, 1959

Age 42 · day 15,349 of life

Physical
+82 %
↘ falling
Emotional
+90 %
↗ rising
Intellectual
+69 %
↗ rising

On this day all three curves were positive – strongest: Emotional at +90 %.

Ten days before and after the event

Fr24Sa25Su26Mo27Tu28We29Th30Fr1Sa2Su3Mo4Tu5We6Th7Fr8Sa9Su10Mo11Tu12We13Th14April 26, 1959: Critical day (Physical)April 29, 1959: Critical day (Emotional)April 30, 1959: Critical day (Intellectual)May 7, 1959: Critical day (Physical)May 13, 1959: Critical day (Emotional)

The highlighted day is May 4, 1959.

To be clear: these days were deliberately chosen – they are moments of success on which the curves were favourable. It is a fun bit of detective work, not scientific proof. Everyone also achieves great things on “weak” biorhythm days.