Billy Eckstine

   
Billy Eckstine
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Birth Name: William Clarence Eckstine
Known as Mr. B
Born: July 18, 1914, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Died: March 8, 1993, age 78, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Genre: Jazz
Occupation: Singer
Instruments: Vocals, Trumpet
Years Active: 1940 to 1990
Associated Acts: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughn

Kay Starr

   
Kay Starr
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Birth Name:  Katherine Laverne Starks
Born: July 21, 1922 age 89, Dougherty, Oklahoma, US
Genre: Traditional Pop, Jazz
Occupation: Singer
Years Active:  1939 to present
Labels: Capitol, RCA Victor

Beryl Davis

  Beryl Davis  at the age of 85 in   2009, Photo by Craig Calman
Born: March 16, 1924
Died: October 29, 2011

Beryl Davis was a British big band singer.

Born in Plymonth England, she began to sing with her father's band, and became popular singing for british troops and Allied troops during World War II.  Glenn Miller discovered her in London, and she sang for the Army Air Force Orchestra. After the war she moved to Los Angeles, California with her father's big band, and with Frank Sinatra for one year on Your Hit Parade.

 

 

Rhonda Flemming

   
Rhonda Flemming
Birth Name: Marilyn Louis
Born: August 10, 1923 age 88, Hollywood, California, US
Years Active: 1943 to 1990
Spouse: Thomas Lane (? - 1948) Dr. Lew Morrell (1952 - 1956) Lange Jefferies (1960 - 1962) Hall Bartlett (1966- 1972) Ted Mann (1978 - 2001) Darol Wayne Carlson (2003 to present)
Children: Kent Lane (Actor)

 

Barbra Striesand

     
Barbra Streisand in concert at 02 Arena, London 2007

Birth Name: Barbara Joan Streisand
Born: April 24, 1942, age 42, Broollyn, New York, US
Genre: Broadway, Traditional Pop, Adult, Contempory
Occupations: Singer - Songwriter, Actress, Film Producer, Director
Years Active: 1957 to Present
Labels: Columbia

          

 

 

  

  

 

          
 

Johnny Mathis

     
Johnny Mathis in concert at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Califorina,                           
Mathis in 1960

Birth Name: John Royce Mathis
Born: September 30, 1935, age 76,
Origin: Gilmer, Texas, US
Genre: Pop, Soul, easylistening
Occupations: Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Years Active: 1956 to 2011
Labels: Columbia, Mercury

 

 

 

 

 

Billie Holiday

 

Billie Holiday and her dog Mister ca. June 1946  

  

  

Billie Holiday in court in late 1949. She was brought to court over a dispute over a contract.