Georgia Gibbs

GEORGIA GIBBS d2006. American popular singer and vocal entertainer rooted in jazz. Already singing publicly in her early teens, she first achieved acclaim (and notoriety) in the mid-1950s interpreting songs originating with the black rhythm and blues community and later as a featured vocalist on a long list of radio and television variety and comedy programs. Her key attribute was tremendous versatility and an uncommon stylistic range from melancholy ballad to uptempo swinging jazz and rock and roll. She died aged 87 in New York on December 9th 2006.