Grammy Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
Object Details
- presentation date
- 1958
- recipient
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- presenter
- National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
- Description
This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS), in 1958. It is a medium-brown stained wood base with a gold-tone gramophone on top and engraved metal plate. Jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald received this Grammy for either Best Vocal Performance, Female for the album, Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book, or Best Jazz Performance, Individual for the album, Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book. The metal plate is engraved:
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING
ARTS & SCIENCES – 1958- Location
- Currently not on view
- place made
- United States
- Subject
- Awards and Prizes
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Jazz
- Credit Line
- Gift of Fitzgerald 1989 Trust
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 1996.0342.041
- accession number
- 1996.0342
- catalog number
- 1996.0342.041
- Object Name
- award
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 5/16 in x 4 5/8 in x 5 in; 16.03375 cm x 11.7475 cm x 12.7 cm
- Record ID
- nmah_1027999