Kim Kimberly

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Kim Kimberly (born May 16, 1920 in Hollywood , Los Angeles as Armide Nana Edith Whipple, † September 27, 2001 in Honolulu , Hawaii ) was an American swing singer of the 1930s and 1940s.

Life

During her time at Fairfax High School in Hollywood, Kimberly (still under the name Whipple) sang with the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Band. In 1939 she left Hollywood to appear in Chicago at the Medinah Club, where she was discovered by Bob Crosby , who introduced her to the Jimmy Grier orchestra . From 1940 she went on stage under the stage name "Kim Kimberly" and performed with the Ben Pollack band for the next two years , from which the Chico Marx Orchestra emerged . One of the few recorded titles with her Mister Five by Five also dates from her time with Marx . After the Marx Ensemble broke up, she sang for several months in the Beverly Tropics Cafe in 1943. In 1944, Kimberly appeared with Les Brown and was featured on the NBC show Bob Crosby - Les Tremayne . Until 1946 she accompanied the Teen Ager's Orchestra known from the Hoagy Carmichael ’s radio show . Critics certified her “distinctive appearance” and a “beautiful and good voice for pop tunes”.

Her mother was Armide Ayraud Whipple, daughter of a Cuban plantation owner with French-Spanish roots. “Armide grew up in the dressing room of actor Rudolph Valentino while her mother worked on the set,” said one of her two sons. Her father, James Cameron Mitchell Whipple, was a navigator, border guard, company representative and finally a radio announcer and screenwriter during the silent era. For the film The Masquerader (1922) brought him his brother-in-law, film director James Young (1872-1948), to California.

Armide Whipple's aunt was the stage and film actress Clara Whipple (1887-1932). In 1946, Kimberly married the US Navy pilot James E. Johnson and ended her career.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clipped From The Times . In: The Times . Shreveport, Louisiana January 9, 1944, pp. 15 ( newspapers.com [accessed March 13, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Clipped From The St. Louis Star and Times . In: The St. Louis Star and Times . St. Louis, Missouri March 21, 1939, pp. 21 ( newspapers.com [accessed March 13, 2020]).
  3. ^ Leo Walker: The Big Band Almanac. 1st edition. Ward Ritchie Press, Pasadena, USA 1978, ISBN 0-378-01991-0 , pp. 162 f .
  4. ^ Chico Marx Orchestra (The Marx Brothers Marxology). Retrieved March 13, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Clipped From Chicago Tribune . In: Chicago Tribune . Chicago, Illinois November 1, 1942, pp. 76 ( newspapers.com [accessed March 13, 2020] There: "Chico has discovered a new singer, too - Kim Kimberly. She's attractive and capable, and very promising.").
  6. ↑ Desi Arnez * & Chico Marx - Big Bands Of Hollywood. Retrieved March 13, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b Clipped From The Times . In: The Times . Shreveport, Louisiana January 9, 1944, pp. 15 ( newspapers.com [accessed March 13, 2020]).
  8. ↑ Coming To Pike. Les Brown . In: The Nebraska State Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska) February 6, 1944, p. 26. There: "Featured Artists in the Brown aggregation are (...) Kim Kimberly, vocalists (...)."
  9. ↑ Clipped From The Hanford Sentinel . In: The Hanford Sentinel . Hanford, California December 11, 1945, p. 8 ( newspapers.com [accessed March 13, 2020]).
  10. ^ The Billboard. November 28, 1942, p. 13 , accessed March 13, 2020 .
  11. ^ Whipple Database. Retrieved on March 13, 2020 (quoted under "Notes" at the bottom of the page: Email from Greg Johnson (...) to Weldon Whipple, 6 Nov 2013: "Armide was almost born in actor Rudolph Valintino's dressing room when her mother went into labor while on a movie set in Hollywood. ").
  12. ↑ a b Clipped From The Capital Times . In: The Capital Times . Madison, Wisconsin May 15, 1922 p. 8 ( newspapers.com [accessed March 13, 2020]).
  13. ↑ James Cameron Mitchell Whipple b. 6 Jul 1892 Columbia, Maury, Tennessee d. Sep 1, 1980 Veterans Hospital, Miami, Dade, Florida: Whipple Database. Retrieved March 13, 2020 .
  14. ^ Marine Corps Aviation Chronolog, Volume II: Eagles in Green . Turner Publishing Company, 1996, ISBN 978-1-56311-207-2 , pp. 100 ( google.de [accessed on March 13, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Kimberly, Kim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Whipple, Armide Nana Edith (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American swing singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Hollywood , Los Angeles
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 2001
Place of death Honolulu , Hawaii