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Doris Troy
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Hilarious Hunting and Fishing Cartoons
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1937
- Active to
- 2004
background vocalistcontraltorhythm & bluessoul
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- Listeners
- 153,170
- Total plays
- 664,008
Tags
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Doris Troy (January 6, 1937 – February 16, 2004) was an American Rhythm & Blues singer, known to her many fans as "Mama Soul". She was born as Doris Elaine Higginsen, in The Bronx, the daughter of a Barbadian Pentecostal minister. She later took her grandmother's name and grew up as Doris Payne. Her parents disapproved of "subversive" forms of music like rhythm & blues, so she cut her teeth singing in her father's choir. She was working as an usherette at the Apollo where she was discovered by
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Doris
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Place of death
- Las Vegas
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
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- date of birth
- 1937-01-06
- date of death
- 2004-02-16
- cause of death
- pulmonary emphysema
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- manner of death
- natural causes
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