A-Tisket A-Tasket; Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)

Description:

side 1: Chick Webb and his Orchestra with vocal chorus by Ella Fitzgerald. A-Tisket, A-Tasket; side 2: Chick Webb and his Orchestra. Liza (Decca 1840).
78 rpm.

Over the course of her 60–year career, Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) became known to fans and colleagues as "The First Lady of Song." Her rise to international fame as a jazz and popular singer coincided with the rise of an American entertainment industry that brought music to millions through concerts, sound recordings, film, radio, and television. In 1938, Fitzgerald came up with the idea for song called "A–Tisket, A–Tasket," basing her lyric on a 19th–century nursery rhyme. Her 1938 Decca recording of the song in time became a million–seller.

Recording Date: 1938

Recording Artist: Fitzgerald, EllaChick Webb and his OrchestraManufacturer: Decca

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York

See more items in: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment, Music & Musical Instruments, Popular Entertainment

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Related Publication: Rust, Brian. Jazz Records 1897-1942, Vol. 2

Credit Line: Gift of Hannah L. Cayton in memory of Howard Cayton

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1993.0102.041Catalog Number: 1993.0102.041Accession Number: 1993.0102Maker Number: 1840

Object Name: sound recording

Physical Description: shellac (overall material)Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-d538-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1155424

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