Chris Connor

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Chris Connor was an American jazz singer known for her cool, smoky vocal style and influential recordings in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Chris Connor canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
jazz singer ⓘ
vocalist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2000s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
associatedAct Stan Kenton Orchestra ⓘ
linked to: Stan Kenton
birthName Mary Loutsenhizer ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1927-11-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2009-08-29 ⓘ
describedAs cool, smoky-voiced jazz singer ⓘ
era 1950s jazz ⓘ
1960s jazz ⓘ
familyName Loutsenhizer ⓘ
genre cool jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
givenName Mary ⓘ
influenced subsequent generations of jazz vocalists ⓘ
instrument voice ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
memberOf Stan Kenton Orchestra ⓘ
linked to: Stan Kenton
name Chris Connor ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableSong "All About Ronnie" ⓘ
notableWork album "Chris Connor" (Atlantic Records, 1956) ⓘ
album "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not" ⓘ
album "Lullabies of Birdland" ⓘ
occupation jazz musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
performanceMedium nightclubs ⓘ
recordings ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Toms River, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
recordLabel ABC-Paramount Records ⓘ
linked to: ABC Records

Atlantic Records ⓘ
Bethlehem Records ⓘ
Contemporary Records ⓘ
Roulette Records ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
stageName Chris Connor ⓘ
styleCharacteristic intimate phrasing ⓘ
subtle swing feel ⓘ
vocalStyle cool ⓘ
smoky ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Time After Time → hasNotablePerformer → Chris Connor ⓘ
Bethlehem Records → notableArtist → Chris Connor ⓘ
Chris Connor → name → Chris Connor ⓘ
Chris Connor → stageName → Chris Connor ⓘ