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Martha Tilton

Big-band songbird “Liltin'” Martha Tilton enjoyed her greatest renown during her two-year stint using the Benny Goodman Orchestra. Featured on Goodman’s smash rendition from the swing-era traditional “As well as the Angels Sing,” she was also the very first nonclassical vocalist to execute at Carnegie Hall. Delivered November 14, 1915, …

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