Queen of Jazz
April 25, 1917 - June 15, 1996
Collaboration with such jazz artists as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, etc.
Collaborations led to such songs as "Dream a Little Dream of Me," "Cheek to Cheek," "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
Honors -
14 Grammy Awards
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Kennedy Center Honors - Performing Arts Medal of Honor
National Medal of Arts
NAACP's inaugural President's Award
Presidential Medal of Freedom
George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement
Honorary doctorate of music from Yale University
Honorary doctorate of music from Harvard University
Career history and works are stored in the archives at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
Personal arrangements are stored in the Library of Congress
Collection of published sheet music donated to UCLA
No. 45 on Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers of All Time (2023)
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