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Blues. jazz. R&B. Occupation (s) Singer. Instrument (s) Vocals. Helen Humes (June 23, 1913 – September 9, 1981) was an American singer. [1] Humes was a teenage blues singer, a vocalist with Count Basie 's band, a saucy R&B diva, and a mature interpreter of the classic popular song.
US jazz and blues singer. First recordings 1927. Replaced Billie Holiday as lead vocalist w. Count Basie's Orchestra in 1938. Solo artist 1940's to 1960's before withdrawing from music for several years. Comeback in 1973 at the Newport Jazz Festival and remained musically active until her death.
Helen Humes. Biography. Helen Humes hailed from Louisville, Kentucky, she came from a happy, close-knit musical family and learned to play trumpet and piano when she was young. As a child she sang with the local Sunday school band, which boasted future jazz stars such as Dicky Wells and Jonah Jones.
14 set 1981 · Helen Humes, whose high-pitched, sweet-toned voice was heard with Count Basie's orchestra for four years and who subsequently had a long career as a singer of both ballads and blues, died of...
Career. Helen Humes singing with Count Basie, ca. 1940. Humes left New York and moved to Cincinnati to sing at the Cotton Club, where she was first noticed by jazz band leader Count Basie in 1937.
Helen Humes. Count Basie vocalist, also popular in the 1940s as a solo R&B act, who combined faultless jazz phrasing and blues shouting. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1920s - 1980s. Born. June 23, 1913 in Louisville, KY. Died. September 9, 1981 in Santa Monica, CA. Genre. Vocal, Blues, Jazz. Styles.
9 giu 2023 · Play artist. Listeners. 51.6K. Scrobbles. 179.5K. Latest release. Presenting Helen Humes. 9 June 2023. Popular this week. Flippity flop flop. 35 listeners. Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account. Sign Up to Last.fm. Born. 23 June 1913. Born In. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. Died.
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