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Julie Wilson
12+ albums
jazzfemale vocalistsjazz vocalcabaret50s
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Julie May Wilson (born October 21, 1924, Omaha, Nebraska, USA – died April 5, 2015, New York City, New York, USA) was an American singer and actress. Wilson was the daughter of Emily (née Wilson), a hairdresser, and Russell Wilson, a coal salesman. She first found a musical outlet with local musical group "Hank's Hepcats" in her teenage years and briefly attended Omaha University. She won the title of Miss Nebraska and would have competed in the Miss America pageant, until it was discovered that she was just under the required minimum age of 18. She headed to New York City during World War II and found work in two of Manhattan's leading nightclubs, the Latin Quarter and the Copacabana. Gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, in a 1948 newspaper column, referred to Wilson as "Kay Thompson's discovery," adding that Wilson "is being tested by Arthur Freed at Metro. She made her Broadway stage debut in the 1946 revue Three to Make Ready. In 1951, she moved to London to star in the West End production of Kiss Me, Kate and remained there for four years, appearing in shows such as South Pacific and Bells Are Ringing while studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. She returned to New York to replace Joan Diener in Kismet. Additional Broadway credits include The Pajama Game (1954), Jimmy (1969), Park (1970), and Legs Diamond (1988), for which she received a Tony Award nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She also toured in Show Boat, Panama Hattie, Silk Stockings, Follies
top songs
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Queen Of Terre Haute/You've Got That Thing/You Don't Know Paris/You Do Something To Me
1,0002These Foolish Things
2483The Saga of Jenny
1444Cry Me A River
1185Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love
1166I Got It Bad, And That Ain't Good
1057Why Can't You Behave (from Kiss Me, Kate)
798Travelin' Light
779You Don't Know What Love Is
7410Always True To You In My Fashion
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