Thelma Gracen

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Thelma Gracen (born January 6, 1922 , † October 24, 1994 ) was an American jazz and pop singer .

Live and act

Thelma Gracen began singing at the age of 15 and performed in the following years with the swing bands of Shep Fields (first recordings) and Jimmy Dorsey . In 1947 she sang in the Gay Claridge Orchestra ("Juke Box Serenade"); She was discovered in Los Angeles in 1955 by Maynard Ferguson and became a singer with Freddie Slack ("Cow Cow Boogie" ( EmArcy Records ), inter alia with Shorty Sherock , Herbie Harper , Justin Gordon , Al Hendrickson , Morty Corb , Jack Sperling ). In November 1955 she recorded her only self-titled album for Wing (ReIssue on EmArCy) with a studio band of West Coast jazz musicians (which included Quen Anderson , Georgie Auld , Lou Levy , Barney Kessel , Joe Comfort and Sid Bulkin). Then she interpreted standards like " I'll Get By ", " I'll Remember April ", " More Than You Know ", " Out of Nowhere ", " Solitude " and " Tea for Two ".

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Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ a b c Thelma Gracen Discography on Mercury
  2. ↑ Gay Claridge (≈1914–1989) directed a dance orchestra in Chicago, which had engagements in the Merry Garden, Paradise Ballroom, Martinique, Oh Henry Ballroom in Willow Springs, in the Chez Paree and in the Chicago Theater ; See obituary
  3. ^ Billboard September 13, 1947
  4. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed May 11, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Gracen, Thelma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tibey, Thelma (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1922
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1994