Sheet Music, "A-Tisket A-Tasket"
- Description
- Over the course of her sixty-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 a song called "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," basing her lyric on a 19th–century nursery rhyme. Her 1938 Decca recording of the song over time became a million–seller.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sheet music
- Object Type
- Sheet Music
- Date made
- 1938
- lyricist
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- maker
- Robbins Music Corporation
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm
- Place Made
- United States: New York, New York
- ID Number
- 1984.1117.04
- accession number
- 1984.1117
- catalog number
- 1984.1117.04
- subject
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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