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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.
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.
See Full Discography. Songs by Sylvia Syms (1955) Sylvia Syms Sings (1956) Sylvia Is! (1965) For Once in My Life (1967) Then Along Came Bill: A Tribute to Bill Evans (1989) You Must Believe in Spring: The Words of Alan & Marilyn… (1991) The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (1993)
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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 and World before dying of a heart attack.
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 ...
