Ervaella "Big Ella" Tate (July 2, 1934 – April 30, 1992), was an American R&B singer and songwriter based in Memphis, Tennessee.
Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Big Ella began her career singing in church.
William Herbert Brewster, pastor of the East Trigg Avenue Baptist Church in South Memphis.
[4] She toured the United States and Europe with various blues and R&B performers such as Albert King, Rufus Thomas, B.B.
Big Ella died following leg surgery at William F. Bowld Hospital in Memphis on April 30, 1992.