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Duke Ellington
On this day Duke Ellington was born. He was going to be a very famous person in history. -
First Piano Lesson
In this day Duke recieves his first piano lesson. -
Duke gets his forst job
Duke gets his fist job. He works at a peanut satnd in Washington at baseball games. -
First Performance
Has is first performance at a high school dance. He plays the piano. -
Leaves everything for music
Ellington leaves school to purse his muscical dream. -
Gets Married
Duke gets married to Edna Thompson -
First Group
Duke creates his first musical group called the Duke Serenders. -
First Ad
Duke gets his first ad in phone directory. -
Big step Forward
Duke moves to New York to play at exclusive clubs then he goes to play at the Hollywood Club -
Radio Brodcast
Duke gets his songs brodcasted on the radio every week. -
DC Society
The Duke Ellington Society is founded.