... and teach him so of the tricks of playing excellent piano. Another influential pianist in Dukes learning experience was the music teacher at his high school Harry Grant. Duke's first success as a musician came at a high school dance where he took the piano from out of the crowd. Here he played his first composition " What you gonna do when the bed brakes ... with the band he had started the Duke's Serenaders. It was when Duke was just months short of his high school graduation that he married Edna Tompson, moved into a house with her that he had bought, and dropped out of high school. I...

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... Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, Virginia in 1917. Both her parents died by the time she was 15. Ella was forced to live at the New York State Training School for girls, where she was abused by the caretakers. Striving to become a dancer, Ella took the stage of the Harlem Apollo Theatre in 1934. However, she was too nervous to ... ...

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... early on (geocites). At some point in her childhood, her mother moved to New York, leaving her to care for her relatives who, according to Holiday, mistreated her. She quit school after the fifth grade, was sexually assaulted at the age of ten and was jailed for prostitution in her early teens (artandculture). One would think Billie's tragic childhood would leave ... ...

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... Armstrong. He was born August 4th, 19o1, and was raised by a poor New Orleans family. Louis was a poor orphan, and at the age of 12, he was sent to a reform school for firing a gun into the air on New Years Eve. There, he learned to play the cornet, which got him into the music business. Although Louis didn't have an instrument ... ...

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... Armstrong. He was born August 4th, 19o1, and was raised by a poor New Orleans family. Louis was a poor orphan, and at the age of 12, he was sent to a reform school for firing a gun into the air on New Years Eve. There, he learned to play the cornet, which got him into the music business. Although Louis didn't have an instrument ... ...

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... a few friends sang on the streets and made a little money. When Armstrong was in his teens he got into trouble and had to go to the Waif's home, which was a school for boys. He joined the band here and learned to play the cornet, although he was taught incorrectly and ruined his lips. He never learned to read music either. When ... ...

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