Duke Ellington was born Edward Kennedy Ellington 124 years ago today in Washington, D.C. His contributions to music are difficult to overstate: composer, pianist, and, for more than half a century, leader of a great jazz orchestra. And such an elegant man.
We’re featuring Ellington’s music all day on Cladrite Radio, so tune in now!
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Singer and actor Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards was born 126 years ago today. We’ll be featuring his music all day today on Cladrite Radio, so why not tune in now?
Singer, author, actor and activist Josephine Baker was born 115 years ago today in St. Louis, Missouri. We’ll be featuring her music all day on Cladrite Radio so why not tune in now?
