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Cleo Laine |
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Name: Cleo Laine
| Nee: |
Clementina Dinah Campbell |
| Born: |
28 Oct 1927 |
| Origin: |
Southall, Middlesex, England |
| Instruments: |
Vocal |
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| From her modest beginnings as a singer in English dance halls, Cleo
Laine has gone on to achieve international acclaim by continually
expanding her talents in a career, which spans some four decades. One of her
biggest breaks was as a featured singer in the John Dankworth London Big Band. The ensuing years found increasing fame in touring and recording music of the world's most popular writers and composers She starred in London's West End theatre before finding success on the American Broadway stage.
Hailed as the 'Queen of Jazz', she is one of the most celebrated singers of our time. Cleo commands a dazzling array of vocal styles and is the only singer every to receive Grammy nominations in the Female Jazz, Popular, and Classical categories. |
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