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Born in 1895 in Woodville,Mississippi
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Born April 29th, 1899 in Washington DC
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Began studying the piano and earned the nickname ¨Duke¨.
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Wrote his first compositiins ¨Soda Fountain Rag¨
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He moved to New York to began to make a name for himself
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Recording included ¨Black and Tan Fantasy
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Mood Indigo
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It Don't Mean a Thing (If I Aint Got That Swing)
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Music Is My Mistress was published.
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Duke Ellington died of lung cancer and pnumeria at the age of 75.
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death of William Still Grant