Society of Singers Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
date: label: presentation date
content: 1989
name: label: presenter
content: Society of Singers
label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
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content: <p>The Society of Singers presented this award to Ella Fitzgerald in 1989. It is an etched glass pyramid on a black wooden base. Engraved on metal plate:</p>
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content: <p>Society of Singers<br>Lifetime Achievement Award<br>ELLA FITZGERALD<br>The First Lady of Song<br>April 28, 1989</p>
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content: <p>and etched on glass pyramid:</p>
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content: <p>E<br>Val Lambert Jr. L.</p>
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content: <p>The Society of Singers was co-founded by Ginny Mancini and Donna (Fowler) Manners in 1984. It was a nonprofit charitable organization that was dedicated to helping professional singers. The main fundraising event was a ceremony presenting the Ella Award, named after its first recipient, Ella Fitzgerald, in 1989. Mike Love was the last recipient of the award in 2014. The organization ceased in 2017.</p>
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content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Awards and Prizes
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0342.059
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.059
objectType: label: Object Name
content: award
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: pyramid: 5 1/8 in x 6 5/16 in x 6 5/16 in; 13.0175 cm x 16.03375 cm x 16.03375 cm
label: Measurements
content: base: 2 3/8 in x 7 9/16 in x 7 3/4 in; 6.0325 cm x 19.20875 cm x 19.685 cm