Dolly Houston

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Dolly Houston (* around 1925) was an American pop and jazz singer who gained fame as a vocalist in swing bands in the 1950s .

Live and act

Houston was a band vocalist in well-known swing orchestras, with Benny Goodman from 1948 , to be heard in vocal numbers such as “Why Don't We Do This More Often?” By Allie Wrubel and “I Had Someone Else Before I Had You (and I'll Have Someone After You're Gone) ". Between 1951 and 1954 she worked with Woody Herman and His Orchestra , with whom she mostly played ballads like “Baby Clementine”, “ Embraceable You ”, “I Can See You” or “I'm Making Up for Lost Time” (by Carl Sigman ) recorded. In 1954 she toured England and Scandinavia with Woody Hermans Third Herd .

Produced by Joe Leahy, Houston's first single under his own name ( Wrong Or Right / Desire Me ) was released in 1955 . In 1956 she sang with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra. In the same year she recorded the pop single You Are There / Down in the Dumps (Unique Records) and put her only album Dolly's Lullaby (Unique) before, on which she sang lullabies like " Mary Had a Little Lamb ". In the field of jazz, she was involved in 62 recording sessions between 1948 and 1956.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Billboard July 7, 1951, p. 30
  2. ^ Billboard Jan. 30, 1954, p. 26
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 19, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Houston, Dolly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1925