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Helen O'Connell (May 23, 1920 – September 9, 1993) was an American singer, actress, and hostess, [1] described as "the quintessential big band singer of the 1940s". [ 2 ] Early life
Singers associated with big bands. Pages in category "Big band singers" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect ...
Helen Forrest (born Helen Fogel, April 12, 1917 – July 11, 1999) was an American singer of traditional pop and swing music.She served as the "girl singer" for three of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James), thereby earning a reputation as "the voice of the name bands."
Kelly was born in Grove City, Pennsylvania, United States. [2] to Dr. Herbert Augustus and Julia Clarice (née Kennedy) Kelly.Kelly started her singing career in her hometown with her two sisters Julia and Martha; following Martha's death in September, 1938 she turned to big time singing.
While the Big Band Era suggests that big bands flourished for a short period, they have been a part of jazz music since their emergence in the 1920s when white concert bands adopted the rhythms and musical forms of small African-American jazz combos.
This is a list of female rock singers. For female heavy metal singers, ... (The Nina Hagen Band) Danielle Haim ... (Big Brother and the Holding Company, ...
During the 1950s, Hutton formed a female big band that played on television and starred in The Ina Ray Hutton Show. [3] She retired from music in 1968 and died at the age of 67 on February 19, 1984, from complications due to diabetes.
This is a list of notable African-American singers that gives their year of birth ... Ethel Waters (1896–1977): blues, jazz, Broadway, big band, pop; Muddy Waters ...