Betty Carter

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Lifespan:
May 16, 1929 - September 26, 1998, she died aged 69 and was American.
Birthname:
Lillie Mae Jones.
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An Artist with 32 releases. 3 collaborations.

Biography

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Betty Carter (born Lillie Mae Jones, May 16, 1929 - September 26, 1998) was an American jazz singer renowned for her improvisational technique and idiosyncratic vocal style. Her devotion to the jazz idiom was such that her fellow vocalist Carmen McRae once claimed that "there's really only one jazz singer - only one: Betty Carter."

The Biography appearing in this section is attributed to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Carter. Portions of this Biography may be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, version 3.0 or any later version, available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Additional terms may apply. See Wikipedia Terms of Use for details.

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Bebop, Jazz,
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