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Hace 3 días · Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music and pop singing.Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.
Hace 4 días · Featured Artist: Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Chart debut year: 1935 Best known songs include: All The Things You Are (1940); I’ll Never Smile Again (1940); Indian Summer (1940); We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me) (1940); Do I Worry? (1941); Oh!
Hace 4 días · Michael ‘Jimmy’ James, the legendary frontman of soul outfit The Vagabonds, has died at the age of 84. James’ death was confirmed by his family in a statement to the Jamaica Observer .
Hace 5 días · Jimmy Carter makes a rare public appearance on Nov. 28, 2023, to honor his late wife, Rosalynn, at her memorial service During his speech at the forum on Tuesday, Jason also chuckled while...
Hace 4 días · About the internets original 1940s Radio Station. The UK 1940s Radio Station is proud to have been the original 1940s Radio Station on the internet, being launched in 2010. The station only plays the original music recorded and released during the 1920s, 1930s and the 1940s.
Hace 1 día · —Sinatra's daughter Nancy on the importance of his mother Dolly in his life and character. Francis Albert Sinatra [a] was born on December 12, 1915, in a tenement at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken, New Jersey, [b] the only child of Italian immigrants Natalina "Dolly" Garaventa and Antonino Martino "Marty" Sinatra, who boxed under the name Marty O'Brien. [c] Sinatra weighed 13.5 pounds (6.1 kg ...
Hace 5 días · Glenn Miller. Original name in full: Alton Glen Miller. Born: March 1, 1904, Clarinda, Iowa, U.S. Died: Dec. 16, 1944, at sea en route from London to Paris (aged 40) Awards And Honors: Grammy Award. Movement / Style: big-band jazz. swing. On the Web: Colorado Music Hall of Fame - Biography of Glenn Miller (May 16, 2024)
