<I>Lullabies of Birdland</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1955
name: label: Published by
content: Decca Records, British, founded 1929
label: Recorded by
content: Ella Fitzgerald, American, 1917 - 1996
notes: label: Description
content: A 33 1/3 rpm LP vinyl disc (a) with cardboard album jacket (b) of Lullabies of Birdland. The black vinyl disc has a black with silver text “DECCA” label that includes album title, artist, track listings, and copyright information. The front of the album jacket has a black background with a blue tinted photographic image of Ella Fitzgerald. Shown from the shoulders up, she wears an off the shoulders dark top and sings into a microphone with her eyes closed. Across the top is orange and white text with the title [LULLABIES / OF / BIRDLAND] on the left and the artist [ELLA / FITZGERALD] on the right, separated by a central graphic line. The Decca Records logo is in the upper right corner and the track listing, in alternating orange and white text, is printed down the left side. The back cover of the album jacket is off-white with black printing. It features two columns of biographical notes about Fitzgerald along with a black-and-white portrait of Fitzgerald within a birdcage illustration at the right side, above the track listing. The Decca Records logo is at the bottom right corner. At the top margin is a stamp that reads “QUALITY MUSIC CO.” Release number DL 8149.
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Record Albums
label: Exhibition
content: Musical Crossroads
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Savanna Vaughn and C. Warfield Clark, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.173.46ab
objectType: label: Type
content: record covers
label: Type
content: long-playing records
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1955 Decca Records
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: vinyl with ink on paper and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b:album jacket): 12 5/16 × 12 5/16 in. (31.3 × 31.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter (a:disc): 12 in. (30.5 cm)