
Photo: Duke Ellington receives the Freedom Medal from Richard Nixon
Merely a few accomplishments:
- Received Honorary Doctorate Degree from Yale University and Morgan State College
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1966
- Inducted into Grammy Hall Of Fame
- Appeared in half a dozen films, like "Black And Tan Fantasy"
- Received Freedom Medal from Richard Nixon (see above)
Video: Watch "Black And Tan Fantasy" in three parts
"Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young."
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