Betty Bennett (singer)
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Betty Bennett | |
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| Born | October 23, 1921 |
| Died | April 7, 2020 (aged 98) |
Betty Bennett (October 23, 1921 – April 7, 2020) was an American jazz and big band singer.[1][2]
Bennett was born in October 1921 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.[1][3] Her first major signing was with the Claude Thornhill band in 1946,[1] the band in which her husband, bassist Iggy Shevak, was playing. Shortly after her husband left to join Alvino Rey, Bennett followed him there.[1] In 1949, she joined Charlie Ventura's band,[1] before going on to join Benny Goodman in 1959.[4]
Her second album, Nobody Else but Me, featured arrangements by Shorty Rogers and her second husband, German-American conductor and composer André Previn.[1] Bennett later married guitarist Mundell Lowe in 1975.[1] He died in December 2017 at the age of 95.[5]
Bennett died in April 2020 at the age of 98.[2]
Bennett had two daughters, Claudia Previn and Alicia Previn, with husband André Previn.
