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. 

 

 

 

 

 

   

     

Connie Francis

1965 MGM promotional photo of Connie Francis 

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Birth Name Concetta Rosa Marie Franconero

Born: December 12, 1938 age 72 Newark, New Jersey, US

Genre: Traditional Pop, Rock "n" Roll, Country Pop

Occupations: Singer

Instruments: Accordion, Vocals

Years Active: 1955 - to present

Labels: MGM

Associated Acts: Bobby Darin, Brenda Lee, Patti Page, Neil Sedaka, Lesley Gore, Carole King, Ricky Nelson

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Mel Torme

 

Birth Name: Melvin Howard Torme'

Also known as The Velvet Fog

Born: September 13, 1925; Chicago, Illinois, US

Died: June 5, 1999; age 73, Los Angeles, California, US

Genre: Jazz

Instruments: Vocal, Drums, Ukulete, Piano

Years Active: 1933 to 1999

Dick Haymes

 Richard Benjamin Haymes
Born: September 13, 1918, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: march 28, 1980 age 61,  Los Angeles, California, USA
Spouse: Edith Harper (1939, annulled)
            Joanne Dru (1941 to 1949)
            Norra Eddington (1949 to 1953)
           Rita Hayworth (1953 to 1955)
           Fran Jeffries (1958 to 1965)  Wendy Smith (1965 to 1980)

     

Doris Day

Biirth Name: Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff

Born: April 3, 1924, age 87, CinCinnati, Ohio, US
Occupations: Actress, Singer, animal rights Activist
Years Active: 1939 to 1975, 1985 to 1986 - 2011 - Present
Spouse:  Al Jordan (1941 to 1943, divorced)
             George Weidler (1946 to 1949, divorced)
             Martin Melcher (1951 to 1968, his death)
             Barry Comden (1976 to 1981, divorced)

Children:  Terry Melcher, deceased

Frank Sinatra

   

Frank Sinatra

Birth Name: Francis Albert Sinatra

Also known as:Ol' Blue Eyes!

the Chairman of the Board

Born: December 12, 1915, Hoboken, New Jersey, US

Died: may 14, 1996 age 82, Los Angeles, US

Genre: Traditional pop, Jazz, swing, big band, Vocal

Occupations: singer, actor, producer, director and conductor

Instrument: Vocals

Years Active: 1935 to 1995

Lables: Columbia, Capitol, reprise

Associated Acts: Rat Pack, Bing Crosby, Nancy Sinatra, Judy Garland, Quincy Jones, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra Jr., Dean Martin, Count Basie, Sammy Davis Jr.

Ella Fitz Gerald

 

Ella Fitzgerald

Birth Name: Ella Jane Fitzgerald

Also Known as ; First Lady Of Song, Lady Ella

Born: April 17, 1917,  New Port News, Virginia, US

Origin: Yonkers, New York,

Died: June 15,1996 age 79, Beverly Hills, California, US

Genre: Swing, Traditional Pop, vocal Jazz

Occupation: Vocalist

Instruments: piano, Vocals

Years Active: 1934 to 1993

Lables: Capitol, Decca, Pablo, Reprise, Verve