Grammy Medallion, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
date: label: presentation date
content: 1976
name: label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
label: presenter
content: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This medallion was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS), in 1976. It is made of cast bronze. Jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald received this medallion in appreciation from NARAS as a co-presenter with Mel Tormé. Although they were not official performers on the awards show, Fitzgerald and Tormé gave a memorable impromptu vocal performance on live television. The medallion is cast:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>NATIONAL ACADEMY of RECORDINGS and SCIENCES<br>[grammophone in center]<br>IN APPRECIATION<br>ELLA FITZGERALD<br>”THE GRAMMY AWARDS SHOW”<br>TELECAST 1976</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Awards and Prizes
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0342.082
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.082
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medallion
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 3 1/16 in; 1.27 cm x 7.77875 cm