Donna Hightower

Person · Open Library

Born

1953

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

United States

Active from

1926-12-28

Active to

2013-08-19

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

11,669

Total plays

63,614

Donna Lubertha Hightower (December 28, 1926 – August 19, 2013) was an American R&B, soul and jazz singer and songwriter, who recorded and released albums for the Decca and Capitol labels. Later in her career she was based in Europe, where she had a hit in 1972 with "This World Today is a Mess. She was born in Caruthersville, Missouri, to a family of sharecroppers. She listened to singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, but never planned to have a singing career and by the age of 23 had been married, h

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,617x

2. Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology<SUBTITLE>A Proposal for Reporting</SUBTITLE>

   · 2000 · cited 18,074x

3. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,787x

4. 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

   · 2021 · cited 12,136x

5. Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective

   · 1988 · cited 11,824x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Donna

Gender

female

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Caruthersville

Place of death

Austin

Occupation

jazz musician

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Field of work

music composing

Genre

jazz

Instrument

voice

Record label

Capitol Records

Image

Amerikaans-Belgische jazz-zangers in Kijk de Rijk Show , Donna Higtower na de pe, Bestanddeelnr 916-2909.jpg

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