Service Set for Ella Mae Morse

A public memorial service for pop-jazz singer Ella Mae Morse is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday at Hope Chapel, 2420 Pacific Coast Highway in Hermosa Beach. Jazz pianist Gerald Wiggins, who recorded and worked with Morse, will perform. Morse, whose 1942 recording of “Cow Cow Boogie” became Capitol Records’ first million-selling single, died Oct. 16 in Bullhead City, Ariz., at the age of 75.