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            "D-I-V-A'S"






            Band singers started out as fill-ins for the big bands. They would join the band, sing a chorus and then sit down. During the 40's the musicians union staged a strike and the only performers available were vocalists. Since then the vocalists have taken center stage and the bands now became back ups for the singers. Some of the great Diva's of those days were:


            "Andrew Sisters"




            "Dorothy Allen" singer with Shep Fields
            "Ivy Anderson" singer with Duke Ellington
            "Pearl Bailey" singer with Cootie Williams




            "Meredith Blake" singer with Gray Gordon
            "Rosemary Clooney" singer with Tony Pastor
            "Dorothy Collins" singer with Raymond Scott
            "Doris Day" singer with Les Brown, Barney Rapp, Bob Crosby
            "Ella Fitzgerald" singer with Chick Webb



            "Connie Frances" singer with Tommy Dorsey



            "Carolyn Grey" singer with Woody Herman
            "Dolores Hawkins" singer with Gene Krupa
            "Harriet Hillard" singer with Ozzie Nelson
            "Billie Holiday" singer with Count Basie, Paul Whiteman, Artie Shaw, Benny Carter "Lena Horne" singer with Noble Sissie, Charlie Barnet


            Lena Horne




            Billie Holiday



            "Peggy Lee" singer with Benny Goodman



            "Abby Lane" singer with Xavier Cugat
            "Marilyn Maxwell" singer with Ted Weems
            "Dinah Shore" singer with Ben Bernie, Leo Reisman, Peter Dean, Beasley Smith, Xavier Cugat



            "Keely Smith" singer with Louis Prima
            "Jo Statford" singer with Tommy Dorsey
            "Kay Starr" singer with Glenn Miller
            "Sarah Vaughn" singer with Georgie Auld, Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine



            "Dinah Washington" singer with Lionel Hampton
            "Kay Weber" singer with Jimmy Dorsey, Dorsey Brothers, Bob Crosby

            Of course there were many others that entertained us. Unfortunately I don't have room for them all here.


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