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Betty Roché
voc, 1920-1999 US, Wilmington, Delaware
Singer of Jazz
A.k.a. Mary Elizabeth Roché.
American jazz singer. Like Ella Fitzgerald, she began her career by winning an amateur contest at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. She sang with the Savoy Sultans in 1941-2, and with Hot Lips Page and Lester Young. She joined Ellington's band in 1943 as a replacement for Ivie Anderson, and did so just in time for the Orchestra's first major Carnegie Hall concert, where she attracted attention for her powerful delivery in Black, Brown and Beige. After leaving the Ellington band in 1944, she performed and recorded with Earl Hines, and later worked with Clark Terry and Charles Brown. She introduced more of a bop-influenced style in three solo albums, Take The A Train (Bethlehem,1956), Singin' and Swingin' (Prestige, 1960) and Lightly and Politely (Prestige, 1961). Born : January 09, 1920 in Wilmington, Delaware. Died : February 16, 1999 in Pleasantville, New Jersey.
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Complete 1941-1961 | Betty Roché | 2013 | Compil. |
| Sophisticated Ladies | Betty Roché, Marilyn Moore | 1990 | Compil. |
| George Gershwin's Porgy And Bess | George Gershwin, Mel Tormé, Frances Faye With Betty Roché, George Kirby, Johnny Hartman, Sallie Blair, Frank Rosolino, Loulie Jean Norman, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Russell Garcia Conducting The Studio Orchestra, The Australian Jazz Quintet, The Pat Moran Quartet, The Stan Levey Group And Maynard Ferguson, Cat Anderson, Howard McGhee, Herbie Mann, Paul Gonsalves, Ralph Sharon, Johnny Hodges | 1962 | Album |
| Singin' & Swingin' | Betty Roché | 1961 | Album |
| Lightly And Politely | Betty Roché | 1961 | Album |
| Take The "A" Train / September In The Rain | Betty Roché | 1959 | Single |
| Take The "A" Train | Betty Roché | 1956 | Album |
| Trouble, Trouble / Blues - Stompin' At The Savoy | Betty Roché / Teddy Wilson Sextet | 1946 | Album |
| I Love My Lovin' Lover / Life With Fatha' | Betty Roché With Earl Hines Sextet | 1944 | Album |
| Blues On My Weary Mind / I'll Get By | Betty Roché With Earl Hines Sextet | 1944 | Album |
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