Ella Mae Morse ~ Similar Artists
Anita O'Day
- 100% match to Ella Mae Morse
Anita Belle Colton, 18 October 1919, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 23 November 2006, West Hollywood, California, USA. As Anita Colton, in her early teens she scraped a living as a professional Walkathon contestant (marathon dancer). During this period she changed her surname to...
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Mildred Bailey
- 73% match to Ella Mae Morse
Mildred Rinker, 27 February 1907, nr. Tekoa, Washington, USA, d. 12 December 1951, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. By the early 20s Bailey was singing and playing piano in silent-picture theatres as well as working as a song demonstrator and performing in revues and on the radio....
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Nellie Lutcher
- 67% match to Ella Mae Morse
15 October 1912, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA, d. 8 June 2007, Los Angeles, California, USA. Lutcher was a singer and pianist, noted for her percussive piano-playing and distinctive scat-vocal approach. She initially played in a big band with her bass-playing father before...
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Helen Forrest
- 57% match to Ella Mae Morse
Helen Fogel, 12 April 1917 or 1918, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, d. 11 July 1999, Los Angeles, California, USA. Forrest began singing as child and by her mid-teenage was appearing regularly on radio in New York City. Many of her appearances were on CBS, with whom she held a...
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Helen Humes
- 56% match to Ella Mae Morse
23 June 1909, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, d. 13 September 1981, Santa Monica, California, USA. Coming from a happy, close-knit, musical family, Humes learned to play trumpet and piano. As a child she sang with the local Sunday school band, which boasted future jazz stars such as...
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