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Teri Thornton

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American jazz singer (1934–2000)

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1934-09-01
Active to
2000-05-02
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4,981
Total plays
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Teri Thornton’s career as a jazz singer was a notably roller-coaster affair, moving from early struggles to success and back to obscurity again, before enjoying a remarkable final flourish in the last two years of her life. Her final comeback was sparked by winning the vocalist section of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 1998, an honour usually given to young performers. Thornton was already in her early 60s when she took the prize. <a href="https://www.last.fm/

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Thornton
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Detroit
Place of death
Englewood
Genre
jazz
Instrument
voice
Record label
Riverside
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date of birth
1934-09-01
cause of death
bladder cancer
date of death
2000-05-02
manner of death
natural causes
time period
20th century
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