Duke Ellington Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Contact Details, Wife, Affairs, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Edward Kennedy Ellington
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Saturday
BIRTHPLACE
Washington, D.C, United States
DIED AT AGE
75 Years 0 Months 25 Days
DEATHDATE
May 24, 1974
DEATHPLACE
New York City, United States
CAUSE OF DEATH
Pneumonia
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
TAURUS
ALSO NOTED FOR
Bandleader, Musician, Conductor, Songwriter
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
N/A
WEIGHT
N/A
Duke Ellington Family Members
Parents
MOTHER
Daisy Kennedy Ellington
FATHER
James Edward Ellington
SISTER(S) NAME
Duke Ellington Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Edna Thompson (1918-1974)
Child(ren) of Duke Ellington and Edna Thompson
Mercer Ellington
Fame & Address
DEBUT
Creole Love Call (Song 1927)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Official Website
www.dukeellington.com
Education, Net Worth & More
More Information
Career of Duke Ellington
He started singing at the national level through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. He recorded for most of the American record companies of his time also performed in many films and composed stage musical.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Duke Ellington
- Did Duke Ellington takes alcohol? Yes.
- Was Duke Ellington in the habit of Smoking? NA.
- Besides music, he also has interest in baseball. In fact, he likes baseball more than taking piano lessons. He had noticed President Roosevelt stop and watch him and his friends when they were playing baseball. He had written in his autobiography that he had missed more lessons in the interest of baseball.
- His first job was selling peanuts at Washington Senators baseball games.
- He had composed his first song "Soda Fountain Rag" when he was working as a soda jerk at the Poodle Dog Café. He never recorded this song and performed it only on rare occasions.
- He declined an offer of art scholarship to the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
- He also worked as a messenger in U.S. Navy and State departments.
- He was proud of his race and use the word black in his songs without any fear of being a failure. Some of the titles in which he had used the word black are Black And Tan Fantasy, Black Beauty, Black Butterfly and many more.
- He was fond of good food. He was also nicknamed as Dumpy due to his eating habit.
- He belongs to a family who regularly visits White House. His father worked as a butler, driver, caretaker, and handyman for a prominent Washington D.C. doctor and was a part-time butler at the time of Warren G. Harding administration.
- His mother took care of him and taught him good manner. He looked like a young nobleman when he used to get dressed and from there he got his nickname 'Duke'.
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