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A good jazz vocalist whose early recordings tended to end up being forgotten after her ascendancy in to the business sphere through the mid-’50s, Kay Starr was one of the primary pop performers to capitalize within the “rock and roll trend” with her 1955 novelty “Stone Waltz.” Her biggest strike …

b. Sarah Jane Mayfield Fulks, 4 January 1914, St. Joseph, Missouri, USA, d. 10 Sept 2007, Rancho Mirage, California, USA. After faltering at her 1st attempt to break right into movies, Wyman ultimately became a music group singer. Another try in Hollywood brought moderate success with little roles in a …

Actress/vocalist Fran Jeffries (given birth to Frances Makris) began her profession in the later ’50s, showing up in such movies as Sex as well as the One Girl, The Green Panther, and Elvis Presley’s Harum Scarum. Many Television, nightclub, and movie theater performances implemented as Jeffries confirmed her vocal skill, …

Probably one of the most talented and overlooked vocalists from the ’40s, Ella Mae Morse blended jazz, nation, pop, and R&B; sometimes she came extremely near what will be known as rock and roll & move. When she wasn’t however 14, Morse acquired her first flavor from the big style, …

Joe La Barbera is best-known to be part of Costs Evans’ last trio (1978-1980) along with bassist Marc Johnson but he has remained greatly in-demand up for this time. Younger sibling of tenor saxophonist Pat La Barbera and arranger-trumpeter John La Barbera, Joe was originally trained drums by his dad …

Along with June Christy, Helen O’Connell, and Julie London, Chris Connor epitomized great jazz singing in the 1950s. Inspired by Anita O’Day, the torchy, smoky vocalist wasn’t one for hostility. Like Chet Baker in the trumpet or Paul Desmond and Lee Konitz on alto sax, she utilized subtlety and restraint …

A busy freelancer throughout the majority of his profession, Bob Maize could be counted to present stimulating support and inventive however subtle solos. After beginning piano research at age group seven, Maize turned to bass, which he started playing skillfully at age group 13. He transferred to SAN FRANCISCO BAY …

The best-selling female singer through the 1950s, Patti Web page in lots of ways described the decade of earnest, novelty-ridden adult pop with throwaway hits like “The Doggie within the Screen” and “I Visited Your Wedding.” By performing an array of well-known materials and her personal talk about of novelty …

b. 16 Might 1956, Alexandria, Virginia, USA. The little girl of a international service officer, a lot of Richardson’s youth was spent abroad. At age seven, whilst in SOUTH USA, she started piano lessons and in addition sang aware of the family members. In 1965, her dad retired to Geneva, …

This vocalist and performer enjoyed an extended and rich career, and may be the only real American singer who is able to boast to have already been supported by both Count Basie Orchestra as well as the Munchkins. She learned what is occasionally the hardest problem for the performer, how …