IRENE REID

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Like many great blues and classic jazz vocalists, the Savannah, GA raised Irene Reid began singing in the church. She was born on September 23, 1930 in Savannah, and attended the Alfred E. Beach/Cuyler High School. There, she learned vocal music from teacher Peter Smalls. In her early days singing around Savannah, it was either in the church or in the high school, and the thought of becoming a blues or jazz singer didn't dawn on her until some time later.

After her mother passed away in 1947, she moved to New York City to live with an aunt. Later that same year, she won the Apollo Theater Amateur contest for five consecutive weeks, and later she was the featured vocalist with Dick Vance at the Savoy Ballroom from 1948-1950. She joined legendary bandleader/pianist Count Basie's band as the featured vocalist in 1961-1962, where she made several European tours with the
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IRENE REID It's Only The Beginning album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
It's Only The Beginning
Vocal Jazz 1963
IRENE REID Room for One More album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Room for One More
Vocal Jazz 1965
IRENE REID It's Too late album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
It's Too late
Vocal Jazz 1966
IRENE REID A Man Only Does (What A Woman Makes Him Do) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Man Only Does (What A Woman Makes Him Do)
Vocal Jazz 1967
IRENE REID I've Been Here All The Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I've Been Here All The Time
Vocal Jazz 1968
IRENE REID The World Needs What I Need album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The World Needs What I Need
Vocal Jazz 1970
IRENE REID Two Of Us album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Two Of Us
Vocal Jazz 1976
IRENE REID The Lady from Savannah album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Lady from Savannah
Vocal Jazz 1989
IRENE REID Thanks to You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Thanks to You
Vocal Jazz 1991
IRENE REID Million Dollar Secret album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Million Dollar Secret
Vocal Jazz 1997
IRENE REID I Ain't Doing Too Bad album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I Ain't Doing Too Bad
Vocal Jazz 1999
IRENE REID The Uptown Lowdown album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Uptown Lowdown
Vocal Jazz 1999
IRENE REID Movin' Out album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Movin' Out
Vocal Jazz 1999
IRENE REID One Monkey Don't Stop No Show album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
Vocal Jazz 2001
IRENE REID The Queen Of The Party album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Queen Of The Party
Vocal Jazz 2012

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