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American Legends No. 4: Mildred Bailey by Mildred Bailey released in 1996. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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- Began Performing at An Early Age
- Bailey and Norvo Divorced
- Superstardom Eluded
- Enjoyed Resurgence in Popularity
- Books
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Bailey was born Mildred Rinker on February 27, 1907, in Tekoa, a small town in eastern Washington state, close to the border with Idaho. While she was still quite young, Bailey moved with her mother and three brothers to nearby Spokane. Her mother, who was part Native American, schooled Bailey and her brothers in Native American traditions, and the...
Other songs closely identified with Bailey during her years with Norvo's band include "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" and "Weekend of a Private Secretary." Although they remained close friends, Bailey and Norvo realized by the end of the 1930s that their marriage was no longer working and divorced. They continued to work together from time to ti...
Whatever the reasons may have been, superstardom eluded Bailey. The singer blamed her plumpness for her lack of commercial success, while others suggested that it was really Bailey's temper and sharp tongue that were her undoing. There's plenty of evidence that Bailey felt especially bitter towards better-looking female vocalists, many of whom she ...
A unique talent in almost every respect, Bailey will long be remembered as one of the great jazz stylists of her time. Although her singing—swinging, straightforward, and delivered with superb diction—was very much of her time, it remains fresh and sparkling. Perhaps Bailey's career was best summed up by jazz musician Loren Schoenberg in his review...
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"100 Jazz Profiles: Mildred Bailey (1907-1951)," BBC-Radio 3,http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazz/jazzprofiles/bailey.shtml (February 8, 2003). The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey, NPR Jazz Reviews, http://www.nprjazz.org/reviews/jrcd.mbailey.html(February 9, 2003). "Mildred Bailey," All Music Guide,http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=a...
27 de feb. de 2024 · Mildred Bailey (1907 - 1951) fue una cantante estadounidense de jazz y blues conocida por su voz cálida y expresiva. Fue una de las cantantes más populares de la década de 1930 y 1940, y se le conoce como "La reina del blues".
Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. Genres. Jazz, vocal jazz, blues. Occupation (s) Singer. Labels. Vocalion. Mildred Bailey (born Mildred Rinker; February 27, 1907 – December 12, 1951) was a Native American jazz singer [2] during the 1930s, known as "The Queen of Swing", "The Rockin' Chair Lady" and "Mrs. Swing".
15 de jul. de 2001 · MILDRED BAILEY, a nearly forgotten singer whose recordings from the late 1920's to the early 1940's have been collected in a new 10-CD boxed set, was once such a favorite of those in the know...
18 de feb. de 2020 · Born in 1903, Bailey grew up on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation in Idaho up until she was 13. Her mother was part Native-American. Then the family moved to Spokane, Wash., where her younger brother, Al Rinker, met Bing Crosby. Bailey had a musical childhood and, in the early 1920s, she headed down to Los Angeles for work opportunities.
