DUKE ELLINGTON

CHILDHOOD

• Born in Washington D.C to James and Daisy Ellington
• He was an Only child
• At eighteen, he had written his first piece and it was recorded my his father
• At age seven he took piano lessons Marietta Clinkscales.

CAREER

• His first job was selling peanuts at Washington seniors baseball games
• Songwriter, actor, bandleader, pianist, arranger, conductor,soda jerk

JAZZ/SWING

• He had a band named the Washingtonians
• Duke played the piano
• He played the piano

FUN FACTS PART 1

• His favorite color is Blue
• Edward Kennedy Ellington was born in the Shaw community of Washington, D.C. Ellington was from a middle-class family; he acquired the nickname Duke as a child for his manners, clothing, and personality. He began playing for friends and at parties and soon formed a small dance band named The Duke's Serenaders.

FUN FACTS PART 2

• Duke Ellington is best remembered for the over 3000 songs that he composed during his lifetime.

FUN FACTS PART 3

• His mother taught him refinement and elegance and always dressed him smartly, hence his nickname which he earned at a young age.

FUN FACTS 4

• In the summer of 1914 whilst working selling soda he wrote his first song 'Soda Fountain Rag'.
• He die from lung cancer and pincushion

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• Take the train.

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• It don’t mean a thing

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• Things ain’t the way they used to be

WEBSITE

• Wikipedia.org
• Brittanica.com
• Biography.com