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Davis, Kay, 1920-2012

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Personal name headingDavis, Kay, 1920-2012
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Variant(s)McDonald, Kathryn, 1920-2012
Birth date1920-12-05
Death date2012-01-27
Place of birthEvanston (Ill.)
Place of deathApopka (Fla.)
Field of activityMusic
Profession or occupationSingers Jazz musicians
Found inDuke Ellington and his orchestra, 1978: label (Kay Davis, vocalist)
OCLC, 10/23/96 (hdg.: Davis, Kay, 1920- )
New York times WWW site, viewed February 23, 2012 (in obituary published Feb. 22: Kay Davis; b. Kathryn McDonald, Dec. 5, 1920, Evanston, Ill.; d. Jan. 27, Apopka, Fla., aged 91; wove her haunting soprano tones through many of Duke Ellington's records in the 1940s, often using her voice as an instrument within the orchestra)