Lee Wiley

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Lee Wiley was an American jazz and popular music singer known for her intimate vocal style and pioneering songbook recordings in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
jazz singer ⓘ
popular music singer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1960s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
associatedAct Bunny Berigan ⓘ
Eddie Condon ⓘ
Fats Waller ⓘ
Joe Bushkin ⓘ
Max Kaminsky ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1908-10-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1975-12-11 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cherokee Nation ⓘ
ethnicHeritage Native American ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
vocal jazz ⓘ
influenced later jazz vocalists ⓘ
marriageEndWithJessStacy 1948 ⓘ
marriageStartWithJessStacy 1943 ⓘ
notableFor early composer-focused LPs ⓘ
intimate vocal style ⓘ
pioneering songbook albums ⓘ
notableSongInterpretation "A Woman's Intuition" ⓘ
"Manhattan" ⓘ
"Sugar" ⓘ
notableWork Cole Porter Songbook (1939) ⓘ
Gershwin Songbook (1940) ⓘ
Harold Arlen Songbook (1943) ⓘ
Rodgers and Hart Songbook (1940) ⓘ
occupation singer ⓘ
performedMedium nightclubs ⓘ
radio ⓘ
recordings ⓘ
placeOfBirth Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Decca Records ⓘ
Storyville Records ⓘ
Victor Records ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Jess Stacy ⓘ
styleCharacteristic intimate, conversational delivery ⓘ
subtle swing feel ⓘ
understated phrasing ⓘ
vocalRange contralto ⓘ

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Leo Reisman → associatedAct → Lee Wiley ⓘ