ellington was born in washington d. c. in 1899 and died in new york city in 1974. he studied the piano as a young boy and later began writing original musical compositions. the first of ellington's european tours came in 1933. he soon received international fame for his talent as a ban...
Edward Kennedy Ellington was born in 1899 in Washington, D. C. It wasn’t until Ellington was a teenager that his interest in music grew. He taught himself to play the piano by listening to local piano players. Sometime around 1916 Ellington began playing the piano at high school parties....
burdensome emotions and regrets. I have this theory that we are born without barnacles, no ponderous experiences and thoughts have yet attached themselves. But as life commences, we get these imaginary weights…the bad things that happen in every life that pull down our spirits, prospects and ...
Born on Dec. 31, 1919, to a family of sharecroppers in Abbeville, in southeastern Alabama, Recy (pronounced “REE-see”) Corbitt found herself caring for six younger siblings after their mother died when she was 17. On the night of the attack, she had gone to Rock Hill Holiness Church...
He’s an immigrant who was born and raised in India. He came to this country looking for a higher education in the field of technology. He lived in America Illegally at first, but was able to go through the proper channels and received his official U.S. citizenship, as of episode S07...