Chris Connor
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Biography
The American jazz singer Chris Connor was born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 8, 1927. She studied clarinet as a girl, and at the age of 18 she was given the opportunity to sing at a college graduation ceremony. The positive reception from the audience convinced her she should pursue a career as a professional singer. After moving to New York, a chance meeting with Joe Green, the manager of the well-known orchestra leader Claude Thornhill, Connor secured an audition with the band leader. Thornhill liked what he heard and Connor was recruited for his touring ensemble. The experience gained with Claude Thornhill's band helped the young singer secure a position in the up-and-coming Stan Kenton band. After recording a number of hits with Kenton performing on songs such as âAll About Ronnieâ, âJeepers Creepersâ, and âI Get a Kick Out of Youâ, Connors decided the punishing work schedule was too much and she left to begin her solo career. She went on to become the first white female jazz singer to be signed by Atlantic and her debut album for them, 1956âs Chris Connor, became a jazz standard with definitive readings of such classics as âI Wonder What Became of Meâ and âItâs All Right with Meâ, as well as the Cole Porter classics âI Get a Kick Out of Youâ and âAnything Goesâ. She continued to work until the early 2000s and released her final record in 2002. She died from cancer on August 29, 2009 aged 81.
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Albums
Maynard Ferguson and Chris Connor
The Best Of Maynard Ferguson Featuring Chris Connor Vol. 1
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Maynard Ferguson and Chris Connor
The Best Of Maynard Ferguson Featuring Chris Connor Vol. 2
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Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Sweet Happy Life
- Brazil
- I've Got A Crush On You
- Almost Like Being In Love
- Our Love Is Here To Stay
- Introduction
- I'll Remember April
- What Is There to Say? featuring Chris Connor
- Bargain Day
- One For My Baby
- High On A Windy Hill
- Something I Dreamed Last Night
- Ballad Of The Sad Cafe
- Lilac Wine
- Good Morning Heartache
- Glad To Be Unhappy
- Quiet Nights
- Where Can I Go Without You
- Baia by Chris Connor
- How High the Moon
- That Old Black Magic
- Route 66
- Why Can't I
- On the Road Again
