Saturday, February 22, 2025
The Sound of Silence
Carmen Mercedes McRae was born in 1920 to immigrant parents from Jamaica and was strongly influenced by Billie Holiday. she had a 5 decade career and sang with many big name bands at Jazz Festival worldwide. Nominated several times for Grammy she won two major awards in 1993 and 1994, which sadly was the year of her death from a stroke.Rest in Peace Carmen.
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Shirley Brown with a self penned song. A sad story but that the way it goes with Soul.
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