Carol Sloane
- MatchCarol Sloane
- 100%LaVerne Butler
- 96%Irene Kral
- 65%Jeanie Bryson
- 63%Dennis Rowland
- 55%Sylvia Syms
- 53%Bobby Troup
- 52%Dorothy Dandridge
- 47%Sue Raney
- 44%Helen Humes
- 39%Maxine Sullivan
Biography
Carol Morvan, 5 March 1937, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. While still only 14 years old, Sloane sang with a local dance band, Ed Drews, owing to the active encouragement of her piano- and saxophone-playing Uncle Joe. By her late teens she had gained sufficient experience to be hired by the popular dance band led by the brothers Les And Larry Elgart. In 1960 she briefly deputized for Annie Ross with Lambert, Hendricks And Ross, and the following year sang at the Newport Jazz Festival.... Read more