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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1915-03-25
- Active to
- 1998-04-14
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Dorothy Squires (March 25, 1915-April 14, 1998) was a Welsh vocalist. She was born Edna May Squires in Pontyberem, (about 12 miles from Llanelli), Carmarthenshire, in South Wales. Her parents were Archibald James Squires, a steelworker, and his wife Emily. She began to perform professionally as a singer at the age of 16. She did most of her work with the orchestra of Billy Reid who was her partner for many years. After she joined his orchestra, he began to write songs for her to perform. <a hr
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dorothy
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Pontyberem
- Place of death
- Llwynypia
- Spouse
- Roger Moore
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- traditional pop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Parlophone
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- date of death
- 1998-04-14
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- date of birth
- 1915-03-25
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1936-00-00
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