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Mabel Mercer
12+ albums
jazzfemale vocalistsvocal jazzcabaretdramatic
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Mabel Mercer (3 February 1900 – 20 April 1984) was an English-born cabaret singer who performed in the United States, Britain, and Europe with the greats in jazz and cabaret. She was a featured performer at Chez Bricktop in Paris, owned by the legendary hostess Bricktop, and performed in such clubs as Le Ruban Bleu, Tony's, the RSVP, the Carlyle, the St. Regis Hotel, and eventually her own room, the Byline Club. Among those who frequently attended Mercer's shows was Frank Sinatra, who made no secret of his emulating her phrasing and story-telling techniques. Mercer was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. Her mother was a young, white English music hall performer, and her father was a black American jazz musician whom Mabel never knew. At age fourteen, she left her convent school in Manchester, and toured Britain and Europe with her aunt in vaudeville and music hall engagements. In 1928, she was an unknown member of the black chorus in the London production of Show Boat, but she had become the toast of Paris by the 1930s, with admirers who included Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Cole Porter. When World War II broke out, she traveled to America to sing in the finest supper clubs in New York City. She also made many concert appearances across the U.S. In the late 1960s, she gave two legendary concerts with Bobby Short at Town Hall in New York City. Both were released by Atlantic Records: Mabel Mercer & Bobby Short at Town Hall, in 19
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albums
Once In A Blue Moon
Mabel Mercer Sings Cole Porter
The Art Of Mabel Mercer
Midnight At Mabel Mercer's
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Legendary Performers - Mabel Mercer
Merely Marvelous With The Jimmy Lyon Trio
Sings Cole Porter
Echoes of My Life
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Mercer & Short: Second Town Hall (Live)
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Mabel Mercer: Previously Unreleased Live Performances
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Croon And Swoon A Classic Christmas
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50 Sublimes Chanteuses de Jazz