Dakota Staton
- MatchDakota Staton
- 87%Jeri Southern
- 86%Ernestine Anderson
- 82%Lorez Alexandria
- 73%Anita O'Day
- 64%Etta Jones
- 63%Lena Horne
- 61%Carmen McRae
- 59%Betty Carter
- 58%Helen Merrill
- 57%Dinah Washington
Biography
3 June 1930, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, d. 10 April 2007, New York City, New York, USA. After singing in clubs in a style modelled on that of such diverse artists as Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughan, Staton began to attract wider attention in the mid-50s. She extended her repertoire to include popular songs, R&B, soul and gospel and made a number of successful recordings for Capitol Records in the late 50 and early 60s including The Late, Late Show (1957), Dynamic! (1958) and At... Read more
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jazz
female vocalists
swing
jazz vocal
vocal jazz
jazz
female vocalists
swing
jazz vocal
vocal jazz
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