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Sylvia Syms (December 2, 1917 – May 10, 1992) was an American jazz singer. Biography. Syms was born Sylvia Blagman in Brooklyn, New York. As a child, she had polio. As a teenager, she went to jazz nightclubs on New York's 52nd Street and received informal training from Billie Holiday. She made her debut in 1941 at Kelly's Stable. [1]
May 10, 1992 · On May 10, 1992, at New York City's Algonquin Hotel, Sylvia Syms finished singing her last song, raised her right arm to acknowledge the audience's standing ovation, and collapsed of a heart attack. The cabaret singer died the same evening at age 74. Syms's death ended a career that had spanned half a century.
Sylvia Syms, one of the most admired pop-jazz singers of her generation, died of a heart attack in Manhattan early yesterday morning after a performance in the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel.
Let us know. Sylvia Blagman Syms was a gifted jazz singer who earned praise from Billie Holliday, Frank Sinatra, and Duke Ellington. In 1949, she was discovered by Mae West, who became a significant teacher and influence on Syms’s intimate storytelling performing style. Sym’s went on to record fifteen major albums and tour the United States ...
May 11, 1992 · Sylvia Syms, the ebullient vocalist, died in New York City early Sunday during one of the series of performances she had dedicated to Frank Sinatra, who called her “the world’s greatest saloon...
May 10, 1992 · Sylvia Syms. An exceptional interpreter of lyrics, the jazz-cabaret singer was much admired by Frank Sinatra. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1940s - 1990s. Born. December 2, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY. Died.
Jazz singer Sylvia Syms passed away yesterday at the age of 74. She had a heart attack just as she finished a performance at the Algonquin Hotel. Syms was known as the quintessential saloon singer, and foremost among her admirers was Frank Sinatra, who produced and conducted a 1982 album of standards called "Syms By Sinatra."
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