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Thursday, November 24, 2011

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.

 







 



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