Sallie Blair

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Sallie Blair (actually Sallie Bolling Mason , * 1934 in Baltimore ; † February 17, 1992 there ) was an American jazz and pop singer .

Live and act

Blair began her career as a singer with Johnny Otis in the early 1950s , performing in nightclubs in Baltimore and Washington DC. After becoming known through an appearance on the television show Chance of a Lifetime , she received engagements at the Vanity Fair nightclub in Miami, the New York Cafe Society and the Boulevard in Queens. Cab Calloway brought her to his show Cotton Club Revue , with which she made guest appearances in Miami Beach, Las Vegas and Hollywood. In 1956 she took part in the recording of the Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess for Bethlehem Records with; In 1957 she recorded the LP Squeeze Me for Bethlehem under her own name , accompanied by a studio band in which u. a. Bernie Glow , Urbie Green , Frank Rehak , Frank Socolow , Romeo Penque , Sanford Gold , Sal Salvador , Milt Hinton and Mongo Santamaría played. On the album she mainly interpreted standards like What Is This Thing Called Love? , How Long Has This Been Going On? , Ain't She Sweet or Almost Like Being in Love . In 1958 she recorded pop songs like She Serves a Nice Cup of Tea with Neal Hefti for MGM ( Hello Tiger! ). In the field of jazz, she was involved in eight recording sessions between 1955 and 1958.

Around 1960 the singles More Than Anything / That Remeis to Be Seen (TOP RANK-RA-2029), Keep an Eye on Your Man / In the Still of the Night (Scepter 1216) were released. In the 1960s she continued to appear in Chicago nightclubs; in later years Blair, whose singing qualities were controversial, fell into oblivion and mainly attracted attention through affairs in the gossip columns.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://bonjourqui.blogspot.de/2007/04/blair-sallie-1957.html
  2. ^ Sallie Blair dead at 57 The Baltimore Afro-American
  3. ↑ Hue Magazine for November, 1954
  4. ↑ The orchestral arrangements of the session were used several times; so with Better Luck Next Time , which Lorez Alexandria recorded for King Records .
  5. ↑ The single contained the songs Come By Sunday / Then I'll Be Tired of You .
  6. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 15, 2014)
  7. ↑ Jet April 27, 1967
  8. ^ Lary May: Recasting America: Culture and Politics in the Age of Cold War . 1989
  9. ^ Jet, Oct. 12, 1978
personal data
SURNAME Blair, Sallie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mason, Sallie Bolling (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore
DATE OF DEATH 17th February 1992
Place of death Baltimore