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Sunday, June 9, 2013

Beryl Davis, British big band singer and actress, died she was 87.


Beryl Davis  was a British big band singer. Her sister is Lisa Davis Waltz, a teen actress in the 1950s and 1960s.

(March 16, 1924 – October 28, 2011)

Born in Plymouth, England, she began to sing for her father's band,[1] and became popular singing for British and Allied troops during World War II. Glenn Miller discovered her in London, and she sang for the Army Air Force Orchestra.[2][3] She moved to Los Angeles after the war with her father's big band, and with Frank Sinatra for one year on Your Hit Parade.[4]
She was part of The Four Girls singing group, with Jane Russell, Rhonda Fleming, and Connie Haines. They recorded sixteen singles, and albums which became best sellers.[5] She appeared both in variety shows and films.[6][7]

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Death

On October 28, 2011, Davis died in Los Angeles from complications of Alzheimer's disease, at age 87. [8] [9]

Discography

  • "I'll Be Seeing You", December 1999, Hindsight, Catalog No: HIN 278
  • "Alone Together", October 2000
  • "I Hear a Dream", June 2001[10]
  • "Feel The Spirit", JASCD 479, May 16, 2008, Bar Code: 604988 04792 9[11]


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