Lurlean Hunter

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Lurlean Hunter (born December 1, 1919 in Clarksdale (Mississippi) as Lurleane Hunter , † March 11, 1983 in Kalamazoo , Michigan ) was an American jazz singer .

Live and act

Lurlean Hunter's family came to Chicago with the migration of African American families in 1920. There she attended Englewood High School and had first appearances with Johnny Long's Swing Band in South Bend (Indiana) in 1938 . After graduating in early 1939, she performed in 1941 with the band of Les Hite at the Parkway Ballroom; it received nationwide attention through radio broadcasts of the concerts. In 1944 she discovered Red Saunders and brought her to Club DeLisa , where Marion sang "Blues Woman" Abernathy and Little Miss Cornshucks . She became known in Chicago through her appearances at Club DeLisa; she interrupted her engagement at the end of 1945 for a guest appearance in the nightclub Stairway to the Stars (422 1/2 East 47th), in which she was accompanied by the Floyd Campbell Orchestra.

After returning to the DeLisa nightclub, she sang in the Fletcher Henderson Band (1946/1947), then again with Red Saunders. In early 1948 Hunter moved to the Club Ritz Lounge and then to the Beige Room in the Pershing Hotel; she also performed in Detroit . In 1951 the first recordings were made for the short-lived, small label Seymour ("I Hadn't Anyone 'till You" and "My Home Town Chicago"); the recordings later appeared on Discovery Records . The success of her song "My Home Town Chicago" brought Hunter regular appearances in nightclubs on the North Side of Chicago, for example in Rossi's Apex Club (429 North Clark) at the end of 1950 with the John Young Trio, which also participated in her next recordings (" I Get a Warm Feeling ”).

In 1951 she recorded two more singles for the small label Major Records , "Imagination" and the standard "If I Should Lose You". She had her big break in 1953 when she signed a record deal with RCA Victor ; for the major label she recorded three albums, Lonesome Gal (1955), Night Life (1956) and Stepping Out (1958), all of which were made in New York City ( Lonesome Gal under the production direction of Quincy Jones ). In 1960 the album Blue and Sentimental was created for Atlantic . As a result of the RCA albums, she gained national fame and also appeared on television and in larger clubs. In Chicago in 1963 she had a regular broadcast on The Music Wagon program on the WBBM radio station and was involved in the production of jingles . She made her last recordings in 1964 for the Smash label, mostly pop-oriented material; from 1966 to 1971 she headed the South Side Jazz Club. In 1972 she left the music business to get married and live as a housewife.

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personal data
SURNAME Hunter, Lurlean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carpenter, Lurlean (since 1972)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz singer
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Clarksdale, Mississippi
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1983
Place of death Kalamazoo , Michigan