Editing Duke Ellington (section)

===Grammy Awards===
Ellington earned 14 Grammy awards from 1959 to 2000 (three of which were posthumous) and a total of 25 nominations
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! colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | '''Duke Ellington [[Grammy Award]] History'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/awardsdb/env-awards-db-search,0,7169155.htmlstory?searchtype=all&query=Duke+Ellington&x=8&y=6 |title=Entertainment Awards Database |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=February 2, 2013}}</ref><ref name="GRAMMYs"/>
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! Year
! Category
! Title
! Genre
! Result
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| 1999
| Historical Album
| The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition<br />RCA Victor Recordings (1927–1973)
| Jazz
| {{won}}
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| 1979
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
| Duke Ellington At Fargo, 1940 Live
| Jazz
| {{won}}
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| 1976
| Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band
| ''[[The Ellington Suites]]''
| Jazz
| {{won}}
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| 1972
| Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band
| ''[[Togo Brava Suite]]''
| Jazz
| {{won}}
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| 1971
| Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band
| ''[[New Orleans Suite]]''
| Jazz
| {{won}}
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| 1971
| Best Instrumental Composition
| New Orleans Suite
| Composing/Arranging
| {{nom}}
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| 1970
| Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
| Duke Ellington – 70th Birthday Concert
| Jazz
| {{nom}}
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| 1968
| Trustees Award
| National Trustees Award – 1968
| Special Awards
| {{won}}
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| 1968
| Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group<br />Or Soloist With Large Group
| ''[[...And His Mother Called Him Bill]]''
| Jazz
| {{won}}
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| 1967
| Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group<br />Or Soloist With Large Group
| ''[[The Far East Suite|Far East Suite]]''
| Jazz
| {{won}}
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| 1966
| Bing Crosby Award – Name changed to GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award in 1982.
| Bing Crosby Award – Name changed to GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award in 1982.
| Special Awards
| {{won}}
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| 1966
| Best Original Jazz Composition
| "In The Beginning God"
| Jazz
| {{won}}
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| 1966
| Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Group or Soloist with Group
| ''Concert Of Sacred Music'' (Album)
| Jazz
| {{nom}}
|- align=center
| 1965
| Best Instrumental Jazz Performance –<br />Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group
| ''[[Ellington '66]]''
| Jazz
| {{won}}
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| 1965
| Best Original Jazz Composition
| Virgin Islands Suite
| Jazz
| {{nom}}
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| 1964
| Best Original Jazz Composition
| Night Creature
| Jazz
| {{nom}}
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| 1964
| Best Jazz Performance – Large Group (Instrumental)
| ''First Time!'' (Album)
| Jazz
| {{nom}}
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| 1961
| Best Instrumental Theme or Instrumental Version of Song
| "Paris Blues"
| Composing/Arranging
| {{nom}}
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| 1961
| Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Score from Motion Picture or Television
| ''[[Paris Blues]]'' (Motion Picture) (Album)
| Music for Visual Media
| {{nom}}
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| 1960
| Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group
| Back To Back – Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues
| Jazz
| {{nom}}
|- align=center
| 1960
| Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes Duration
| Idiom '59
| Jazz
| {{nom}}
|- align=center
| 1959
| Best Performance By A Dance Band
| ''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]''
| Pop
| {{won}}
|- align=center
| 1959
| Best Musical Composition First Recorded<br />And Released In 1959<br />(More Than 5 Minutes Duration)
| ''Anatomy of a Murder''
| Composing
| {{won}}
|- align=center
| 1959
| Best Sound Track Album – Background Score<br />From A Motion Picture Or Television
| ''Anatomy of a Murder''
| Composing
| {{won}}
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| 1959
| Best Jazz Performance – Group
| ''Ellington Jazz Party'' (Album)
| Jazz
| {{nom}}
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<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Duke Ellington 1959.jpg|thumb|Duke Ellington receiving three Grammy Awards for ''Anatomy of a Murder''.]] -->