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Helen Humes (June 23, 1913 – September 9, 1981) was an American singer. [1] . Humes was a teenage blues singer, a vocalist with Count Basie 's band, a saucy R&B diva, and a mature interpreter of the classic popular song. [2] Early life. She was born on June 23, 1913, in Louisville, Kentucky, to Emma Johnson and John Henry Humes.
Helen Humes (* 23. Juni 1913 in Louisville, Kentucky; † 9. September 1981 in Santa Monica, Kalifornien) war eine US-amerikanische Jazz - und Blues -Sängerin. Leben und Wirken.
15. Okt. 2013 · This is a very strong outing from one of the best big band vocalists of the 1930s and 40s. Here is Louisville, KY's finest – Helen Humes, doing what she did best, singing and swinging, here on a sparkling fifteen-song program from 1974. She was born in 1913 and began recording before the age of fourteen.
Count Basie - Swinging The Blues: 1930-1939 . In a word association game, the name Count Basie would immediately elicit “swing” as the response, and vice versa. Although Basie did not arrive on the major league jazz scene until more than a year after Benny Goodman had launched the swing era, his big band came to be regarded as the
Helen Humes (June 23, 1913 – September 9, 1981) was an American singer. Humes was a teenage blues singer, a vocalist with Count Basie's band, a saucy R&B diva, and a mature interpreter of the classic popular song. Show Less... Continue reading at Wikipedia...
Off record for ten years but apparently still growing as a singer, Humes reappeared in 1937 on two Harry James sessions with a sublime gloss on up-tempo swinging blues reminiscent of Ella Fitzgerald.
13. Jan. 2012 · A superb vocalist even at the age of 13, Helen Humes rarely left that peak of performance, appearing in front of some of the most swinging jump tunes as well as the most affecting jazz ballads during her long career.
