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Learn about Cleo Laine, a scat singer who performed with John Dankworth and won a Grammy Award. She also starred in musicals and appeared with Frank Sinatra.
Cleo Laine is a British singer and actress who is known as the “Queen of Jazz.” She has performed in various genres, won a Grammy Award, and appeared in plays and movies.
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Cleo Laine is a British jazz singer and actress, known for her scat singing and versatile voice. She is the widow of jazz composer Sir John Dankworth and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Aug 20, 2015 · Learn about the life and career of Dame Cleo Laine, a jazz singer and actress with a remarkable vocal range and a Grammy award. Discover her collaborations with John Dankworth, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and others.
Cleo Laine is an actress and singer who has been Grammy-nominated in three categories. She was born in 1927 in England and married to John Dankworth, a jazz musician and composer.
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Dame Cleo Laine DBE (born Clementine Dinah Bullock; 28 October 1927) is an English jazz and pop singer and an actress, known for her scat singing and for her...
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Watch a rare live performance from 1980 by John Williams and Cleo Laine of "He was beautiful" - "Cavatina", a song composed by Stanley Myers and used in the film "The Deer Hunter". Learn how Cleo Laine wrote the lyrics and recorded the song with John Williams in 1976.
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