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  1. jazzhistoryonline.com › jeri-southernThe Enigma of Jeri Southern - Jazz History Online

    Her stage presence may seem passive but listen to the changes she makes to the melody, especially in the second chorus. Jeri Southern was an intensely private person. The sudden rise to fame which came in the wake of her hit records “ You Better Go Now ” and “When I Fall In Love” must have come as a shock to the 25-year-old native of ...

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  2. artsmeme.com › 2016/07/11 › an-appreciation-jazzJazz singer Jeri Southern, appreciated | arts•meme

    Jul 11, 2016 · Southern’s peers were Peggy Lee, Julie London, June Christy and Lucy Reed; her admirers included Frank Sinatra, Nat Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone. Jeri wasn’t a retooled big band chirp, a big-finish show singer, a hip jazz chick, a dissolute torcher or a vibratoed cabaret belter. She sang songs about adult situations (like “You ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jeri_SouthernJeri Southern - Wikipedia

    Jeri Southern (born Genevieve Lillian Hering; August 5, 1926 – August 4, 1991) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Early years.

  5. faroutmagazine.co.uk › the-enigma-of-jeri-southernJeri Southern: the jazz star who out-crooned Frank Sinatra

    Oct 12, 2023 · Southern was capable of singing with large orchestras or in stripped-back settings, like the trio she assembled to record 1954’s Warm Intimate Songs in the Jeri Southern Style. She was both a singles artist and an album hitmaker, releasing most of her work through Decca Records before jumping ship over to Capitol in the late 1950s.

  6. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1991/08/08-caAN APPRECIATION : A Truly Unforgettable Voice - Los Angeles Times

    Aug 8, 1991 · The voice of Jeri Southern is a sound that’s hard to forget. Southern, who died Sunday of pneumonia--a day before her 65th birthday--came up in an era when there was still a place for her kind ...

  7. www.jazzweekly.com › 2021 › 10THE FAULTLESS VOCALIST…Jeri Southern: The ... - Jazz Weekly

    Oct 18, 2021 · One of the few ladies of the 50s that didn’t come out of a big band, Jeri Southern (1926-1991) was the quintessential “torch” singer. Her tone, enunciation and timing were absolutely perfect, and her vocal and emotional range sounded effortless. This 4-cd, 101 song collection, has a rich mix of her most vintage albums and some of her most popular

  8. www.allaboutjazz.com › musicians › jeri-southernJeri Southern Musician - All About Jazz

    Has Influenced. Jeri Southern, was a classically trained pianist who became a jazz-oriented vocalist in the 1950s, whose hit "You Better Go Now" proved the most successful of her several recordings. Born Genevieve Hering, on 5 August 1926, in Royal, Nebraska, Southern studied at the Notre Dame Academy, Omaha, and later played piano at the local ...