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Tilton, Martha

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Personal name headingTilton, Martha
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Birth date1915-11-14
Death date2006-12-08
Place of birthCorpus Christi, Tex.
Place of deathBrentwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
Profession or occupationSinger
Found inThe Bing Crosby show [SR] 1976 (a.e.) (Martha Tilton, name spoken)
Buxton, F. The big broadcast, 1972: p. 64 (Martha Tilton; vocalist)
Internet Movie Database, Feb. 15, 2005 (Martha Tilton; b. Nov. 14, 1915; big-band vocalist)
New York times WWW site, Dec. 13, 2006 (Martha Tilton; b. Martha Ellen Tilton, Nov. 14, 1915, Corpus Christi, Tex.; d. Dec. 8, Brentwood, Los Angeles, aged 91; as one of Benny Goodman's vocalists in the 1930s, she was billed as the "Sweetheart of Swing"; appeared on 80 of his recordings, including the celebrated 1939 rendition of And the angels sing)