Sunday, October 21, 2007

Teresa Brewer: "the little girl with the big voice" has died


Teresa Brewer, a singer who found fame as a novelty vocalist in 1950 with the chart-topping "Music! Music! Music!" but reinvented herself as a jazz stylist who performed with some of the genre's biggest names including Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie, has died. She was 76.
Brewer died of a neuromuscular disease Wednesday at her home in New Rochelle, N.Y.
Los Angeles Times article is HERE
New York Times article is HERE
Brewer made her first recording in 1949 at the age of 18...

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