Maxine Weldon
Maxine Weldon (* in Holdenville , Oklahoma , USA ) is an American singer specializing in soul , rhythm and blues and jazz , who released several records in the 1970s.
biography
Weldon was the fourth of six children to a music teacher. She grew up in Bakersfield, California , where she first studied country music . She then moved to Honolulu , where she first worked full-time as a nurse, then began a career as a professional singer and performed in clubs there.
She toured the Far East for five years , married in South Korea, and returned to the United States with her son in 1965. She initially lived in San Francisco , where she again had engagements in clubs; In 1969 she went to Los Angeles , where she gained greater fame through appearances on television shows with Bill Cosby , the Tonight Show (1972/73) and 1979 through participation in a Billie Holiday tribute concert series with Nina Simone , Carmen McRae , Morgana King and Esther Phillips .
In 1970/71 she recorded - with members of the Jazz Crusaders - her debut album on Mainstream Records, which included cover versions of the Bob Dylan numbers Like A Rolling Stone and It Ain't Me Babe . Her biggest success was the album Some Singin (1974), which reached # 48 on the Billboard R&B Albums Chart. A last album was released in 1975. In the 1980s and 1990s, she continued to perform regularly, but made no further albums. In 1983 she made a guest appearance with the Cotton Club Revue in Los Angeles and Chicago. From 1995 to 1997 she participated in the European tour of the Broadway production Black and Blue ; she then toured Europe with Linda Hopkins and the show Wild Women Blues until 2007.
In 1999 she was inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame.
Welson made a cameo on an episode of the sitcom Sister, Sister (1994).
Discographic notes
- Right On (Mainstream Records, 1970) with Carol Kaye , Victor Feldman , Joe Sample , Plas Johnson
- Chilly Wind (Mainstream, 1971) with Ernie Wilkins , Blue Mitchell , Bobby Bryant , Harry "Sweets" Edison , Hadley Caliman , Ernie Watts , Fred Robinson , George Bohannon , Earl Palmer
- Some Singin (Monument Records, 1974)
- Alone on My Own (Monument, 1975)
- A Tribute To Billie Holliday: Recorded Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1979)
- Call It Love (2000)
Web links
- Web presence
- Maxine Weldon at Allmusic (English)
- Entry into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame
- Maxine Weldon in Internet Movie Database (English)
- Portrait at soundological
swell
- ↑ a b c Entry in the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame
- ↑ a b Maxine Weldon at Allmusic
- ↑ Charts
- ↑ Weldon sang Sometimes I'm Happy and When The Sun Comes Out .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weldon, Maxine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American R&B and jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Holdenville , Oklahoma |