Object Details
- recording artist
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- Chick Webb and his Orchestra
- manufacturer
- Decca
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Hannah L. Cayton in memory of Howard Cayton
- recording date
- 1938
- ID Number
- 1993.0102.041
- catalog number
- 1993.0102.041
- accession number
- 1993.0102
- maker number
- 1840
- Object Name
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- shellac (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- Related Publication
- Rust, Brian. Jazz Records 1897-1942, Vol. 2
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1155424
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-d538-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
