LC control no. | no 96055824 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Davis, Kay, 1920-2012 |
Variant(s) | McDonald, Kathryn, 1920-2012 |
Birth date | 1920-12-05 |
Death date | 2012-01-27 |
Place of birth | Evanston (Ill.) |
Place of death | Apopka (Fla.) |
Field of activity | Music |
Profession or occupation | Singers Jazz musicians |
Found in | Duke 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) |