Person · Open Library
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Strolling Around Arles
- Strolling Around Bath
- Strolling Around Verona
- Strolling Around Lille
- Strolling Around Porto
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1930-09-23
- Active to
- 2008-01-04
jazzvocal jazz
Discography
- I Ain't Doing Too Bad
- Untouchable / Alexander's Ragtime Band1962
- It's Only the Beginning1963
- I Love Paris / Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)1963
- Room for One More1965
- It's Too Late1966
- You Ain't Woman Enough / Call Me Darling, Call Me Sweetheart1966
- A Man Only Does (What a Woman Makes Him Do)1967
- Dirty Old Man / Just Loving You1967
- I'm Too Far Gone to Turn Around / Take a Look1967
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,229
- Total plays
- 17,796
Tags
vocal jazzjazzbluessoulfunk
Irene Reid (September 23, 1930 - January 4, 2008) was an American jazz singer. Reid was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia. She sang in church and in high school in Georgia, and moved to New York City in 1947 after her mother died. Toward the end of 1947, she tied out for an amateur contest at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, and won the competition for five straight weeks. Soon after she was offered a slot as the featured vocalist with Dick Vance at the Savoy Ballroom, which she held from 1948-
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Irene
- Family name
- Reid
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Irene-Reid-1962.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1930-09-23
- date of death
- 2008-01-05
- Commons category
- Irene Reid
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