Eugenie Baird
Eugenie Baird (born September 18, 1924 as Eugenie Mead , † June 12, 1988 ) was an American singer of jazz and popular music.
Baird sang with the 1943/4 Casa Loma Orchestra , but also with Spike Jones , Mel Tormé , Louis Armstrong , Tony Pastor and with Cab Calloway (1949). She appeared in 1944/5 on the radio show ("Kraft Music Show" on NBC) by Bing Crosby , and later also on the television show by Ed Sullivan . In 1943 she was involved in the feature film "The Sky's the Limit", where she was accompanied by the Glen Gray Orchestra ( My Shining Hour ). She was the first singer of the Casa Loma Orchestra.
As a singer she appeared in the Broadway play "Angel in the Wings" (Broadway, 1947/8). In 1958 she played the album "Eugenie Baird sings - Duke's Boys play Ellington" (FreshSound) with musicians like Ben Webster .
She later achieved success as a jingle singer and married the CEO of the typewriter manufacturer SCM Corporation .
Web links
- Biography (french)
- Biography (English)
- Eugenie Baird in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Eugenie Baird at Discogs (English)
- Eugenie Baird at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Simon The Bigbands , Schirmer 1981, p. 121, he cites his review from 1944 ... the prettiest girl I've ever seen in front of a band and in addition the posessor of one of the prettiest voices
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baird, Eugenie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mead, Eugenie (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1924 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 12, 1988 |