Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits: Museum Object and Cultural History
Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits: Date: 1967. Distributed by: Reprise Records, American, founded 1960. Recorded by: Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974.
The object in the museum catalogue
A twelve-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP recording of the album "Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits" recorded by Duke Ellington. The front of the album jacket is white with blue, black and green text. A color image of Duke Ellington is on the left side. He is standing in front of a microphone slightly off center and has his arms raised.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1967
- Distributed by: Reprise Records, American, founded 1960
- Recorded by: Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974
- Owned by: Ginger Smock, American, 1920 - 1995
- Type: record covers
- Type: long-playing records
- Medium: vinyl, ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W (album jacket): 12 5/16 × 12 5/16 in. (31.3 × 31.3 cm)
- Dimensions: Diameter (record): 12 in. (30.5 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Object number: 2016.161.3.10ab
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lydia Samuel Bennett
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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