Trudy Richards

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Gertrude "Trudy" Richards Moreau († 2008 ) was an American pop and jazz singer who had her greatest popularity in the 1950s.

Live and act

Richards began her career as an accompanist, then as a band vocalist with the Charlie Barnet Orchestra, a. a. heard in "Easy Living" and " Gloomy Sunday " (Capitol, 1949), in which she borrowed style from Billie Holiday . In 1950 she worked for Artie Shaw and Sy Oliver ("Nashville Blues"). In 1950/51 she recorded several singles for MGM Records , such as "Hawaii", "That's How Our Love Will Grow" (with Ray Charles ) and "I'll Be All Smiles Tonight". In the early 1950s, she took a number of records for smaller labels, such as " Bye Bye Blackbird " (with Tony Scott ), "The Breeze (That's Bringin 'My Honey Back to Me)" and "I Can't Love You Anymore "(With the Eddie Wilcox Orchestra) and" Sugar-Loaf Junction "for Derby before signing with Decca Records . From 1952 she released several singles on the label such as "I Don't Mind" (with George Barnes ), "Go 'Way from My Window", "I Never Loved Anyone But You" and "I Waited a Little Too Long" , u. a. accompanied by Artie Shaw, Elliot Lawrence and Sy Oliver. "Promises, Promises" and the ballad "Strangers" were released on Jubilee Records in 1955.

After moving to Capitol Records , she released songs like " Temptation ", "Next Time" and "Hangin 'Around". In 1957 she recorded the album Crazy in Love! For Capitol, accompanied by the Billy May Orchestra . on. 1958 Trudy Richards had an engagement in Manhattan's nightclub Le Cupidon . After her success had waned in the 1960s, she appeared again in New York nightclubs from the late 1970s as Trudy Richards Moreau . After the release of several singles on the Musicor label, she recorded the album Two for the Music (Black Swan) in 1984 with the accompaniment of pianist Dave McKenna ; followed by Manhattan Serenade (1989, with Burt Collins , Frank Owens , Jay Leonhart , Grady Tate and Sammy Figueroa ). In the field of jazz she was involved in 22 recording sessions between 1949 and 1988.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Billboard June 25, 1949
  2. ^ Billboard February 4, 1950
  3. ^ Billboard July 8, 1950
  4. ^ Billboard March 17, 1951
  5. ^ Billboard March 10, 1951
  6. ^ Billboard Apr. 3, 1954
  7. ^ Billboard Apr. 19, 1952
  8. ^ Billboard Jan. 31, 1953
  9. ^ Billboard Apr. 30, 1955
  10. ^ Billboard Aug. 6, 1955
  11. ^ Down Beat - Volume 24, Issues 21-26 - Page 87, 1957
  12. ^ New York Times obituary notice
  13. ^ Billboard June 2, 1958
  14. ^ New York Magazine Nov. 29, 1982
  15. ^ New York Magazine, July 10, 1978
  16. ^ Billboard Jan. 8, 1977
  17. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 19, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Richards, Trudy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richards Moreau, Gertrude (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American pop and jazz singer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
DATE OF DEATH 2008