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Marlena Shaw
Sign in to saveAmerican female singer (1942–2024)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1939-09-22
- Active to
- 2024-01-19
2008 universal fire victimclassic pop and rocksoulvocal jazz
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 553,038
- Total plays
- 3,929,282
Tags
souljazzfemale vocalistsfunkjazz vocal
Marlena Shaw (born Marlina Burgess in New Rochelle, New York, on 22 September 1942; died 19 January 2024) was an American jazz, blues, and soul singer. Shaw began her singing career in the 1960s and continued to perform until her death. Her music has often been sampled in hip hop music, and used in television commercials. Shaw's first musical influences were her uncle and grandmother, who loved to sing and play gospel music on the family’s hi-fi record player. <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marlena
- Family name
- Shaw
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Rochelle
- Place of death
- Las Vegas
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Concord Records
- Image
- Marlena Shaw.png
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- New York
- date of birth
- 1942-09-22
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- Commons category
- Marlena Shaw
- date of death
- 2024-01-19
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
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