"Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota is a 1972 album by Peggy Lee. It was her final album for Capitol Records, her label since 1957 and, prior to that, from 1944 to 1952. Peggy Lee's stage name does not appear on the cover of this album. Its title refers to her given name and birthplace. The recording sessions for this album took place in Los Angeles. During the sessions for this album, Lee also recorded the song ""It Changes,"" which was written by Robert and Richard Sherman for the 1972 Peanuts film"
"Dagmar Nordstrom Dagmar Nordstrom (December 12, 1903 – April 9, 1976) was an American composer, pianist and singer. She performed together with her sister Siggie as a cabaret singing duo known as The Nordstrom Sisters. Dagmar Nordstrom was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was the second daughter of Anna and Alexander Nordstrom. The family were of Swedish and Norwegian extraction. Dagmar was married briefly to a society playboy, but lived most of her life with her older sister after the death of Siggie's husband, Samuel Ferebee Williams (1883-1931). Dagmar and Siggie had a flat in London for a year in"
"I've had a stroke."""" She died that night, aged 72. Following services at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home, she was cremated and interred with her mother in the mausoleum at Ferncliff Cemetery, Westchester County, New York. Dagmar Nordstrom Dagmar Nordstrom (December 12, 1903 – April 9, 1976) was an American composer, pianist and singer. She performed together with her sister Siggie as a cabaret singing duo known as The Nordstrom Sisters. Dagmar Nordstrom was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was the second daughter of Anna and Alexander Nordstrom. The family were of Swedish and Norwegian extraction. Dagmar was married"
"Siggie Nordstrom Sigfred Ann ""Siggie"" Nordstrom (June 14, 1893 – December 24, 1980) was an American model, actress, entertainer, socialite and lead singer of The Nordstrom Sisters. Born in Chicago in 1893 and nicknamed ""Siggie"", she was the elder daughter of Anna and Alexander Nordstrom. She started out as a hat model in Chicago. First coming to New York City to take a part in ""Very Good Eddie"" on Broadway, she retired from show business during her marriage. The AP picked up on a photograph of her on the ice of Lake Michigan, naming her 'Queen of the Polar Bears'."
"Delores Holmes Delores Holmes (July 18, 1946 – April 16, 2010) was an American soul singer. She was best known for her years as backup singer for the Bruce Springsteen Band during 1969 to 1972, the last grouping before the E Street Band. The Bruce Springsteen Band included David Sancious, Vini Lopez, Garry Tallent and Steven Van Zandt, among others. From Matawan, New Jersey, Holmes grew up singing in a gospel family. Later the Jersey Shore singer performed with choirs and girl groups. In the 1960s and the 1970s, she performed with a number of rock bands, including Hot Ice,"
"Olof Egstrom, a station agent for the Midland Continental Railroad, and his wife, Selma Amelia (née Anderson) Egstrom, on May 26, 1920. She and her family were Lutherans. Her father was Swedish-American and her mother was Norwegian-American. After her mother died when Lee was four, her father married Min Schaumber. Lee first sang professionally over KOVC radio in Valley City, North Dakota. She later had her own series on a radio show sponsored by a local restaurant that paid her a salary in food. Both during and after her high school years, Lee sang for small sums on local radio"
"member of Holiday Express, a charity group of local New Jersey shore musicians and volunteers. Delores Holmes Delores Holmes (July 18, 1946 – April 16, 2010) was an American soul singer. She was best known for her years as backup singer for the Bruce Springsteen Band during 1969 to 1972, the last grouping before the E Street Band. The Bruce Springsteen Band included David Sancious, Vini Lopez, Garry Tallent and Steven Van Zandt, among others. From Matawan, New Jersey, Holmes grew up singing in a gospel family. Later the Jersey Shore singer performed with choirs and girl groups. In the"
"six months rehab in Annapolis, Maryland. She returned to the city and held several large parties, but her mobility limited her increasingly and in 1980 she moved in with ""adopted"" nephew, David McJonathan-Swarm and his family, in Jefferson, Maryland. She died on Christmas Eve 1980, was cremated and interred with a memorial to both sisters at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Frederick County, Maryland. Siggie Nordstrom Sigfred Ann ""Siggie"" Nordstrom (June 14, 1893 – December 24, 1980) was an American model, actress, entertainer, socialite and lead singer of The Nordstrom Sisters. Born in Chicago in 1893 and nicknamed ""Siggie"", she was the"
"Eckstein signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners as her acting management. Christina Milian Christine Flores (born September 26, 1981), better known as Christina Milian (), is an American actress, singer and songwriter. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and raised in Maryland, Milian signed a contract with Def Jam at the age of 19. In 2001, Milian released her self-titled debut album, which featured the singles ""AM to PM"" and ""When You Look at Me""; ""AM to PM"" charted within the Top 40 of the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and both peaked in the top three on the UK Singles Chart."
"Jean Engstrom Jean Engstrom (July 25, 1920 – March 20, 1997) was an American actress active in regional theater, movies, and television in the 1950s and 1960s. Jean Engstrom was born Flora Jean Bovie, in Detroit, Michigan on July 25, 1920, the eldest of two children born to Clarence Augustus Bovie (1892-1928), an artist and commercial illustrator, and Nona Iola Cochrun (1895-1976) After her father's death due to a cerebral hemorrhage in 1928, 1930 census records show that she and her mother and younger brother were living with her father's mother (paternal grandmother) in Augusta, Michigan. In 1935, they were"
"Carolina Cotton Carolina Cotton (nee ""Helen Hagstrom""; October 20, 1925 in Cash, Arkansas – June 10, 1997, in Bakersfield, California) was an American singer and actress known as the ""Yodeling Blonde Bombshell"", the ""Girl of the Golden West"" and the ""Queen of the Range"". Born to an Arkansas farming family who moved to San Francisco during the Great Depression, Hagstrom took dancing classes, became a child singer and gradually accompanied traveling shows. At the age of 16, she was a high school student who would visit a radio station to watch the Dude Martin’s Roundup Gang. When the band's yodeler"
"Justine Johnston Justine Johnston (June 13, 1921January 13, 2006) was an American film, television and musical theatre actress. Johnston was born in Evanston, Illinois. She was occasionally mistaken for Justine Johnstone, a similarly named silent film actress, who is not her mother and with whom she had no connection. Johnston performed throughout the Mid-Pacific during World War II. She appeared on Broadway in such musicals as the original production of the Tony-winning ""Follies"" (by Stephen Sondheim), as well as the American production of ""Me and My Girl"", and a revival of ""Irene"", starring Debbie Reynolds. Some film audiences remember her"
"Hagstrom decided to become a teacher, but still performed occasionally, especially at western film festivals. She retired from Mount Vernon Elementary School in Bakersfield, California, in 1997, and died on June 10, 1997, after battling ovarian cancer for three years. Carolina Cotton Carolina Cotton (nee ""Helen Hagstrom""; October 20, 1925 in Cash, Arkansas – June 10, 1997, in Bakersfield, California) was an American singer and actress known as the ""Yodeling Blonde Bombshell"", the ""Girl of the Golden West"" and the ""Queen of the Range"". Born to an Arkansas farming family who moved to San Francisco during the Great Depression, Hagstrom"
"Norma Millay Ellis Norma Millay Ellis (1894 - May 14, 1986) was an American singer and actress, and sister of the famous poet and playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay. Born in Rockland, Maine to Cora Lounella Buzelle and Henry Tolman Millay, Ellis was one of three sisters who were all, due to their parents’ divorce, largely brought up by their mother. Having been a writer of poetry herself, Cora Millay ensured the presence of art and music in the Millay household, which became a vital part of the upbringing of Ellis and her two sisters. Ellis would go on to"
"Helena Bliss Helena Bliss (December 31, 1917 – April 19, 2014) was an American actress and singer. A talented soprano, she actively performed in musicals, operettas, and operas in the United States, both on stage and on television and radio, from the 1930s through the 1950s. She is best known for her portrayal of Nina Hagerup in the original Broadway production of Robert Wright and George Forrest's ""Song of Norway"". She also appeared successfully in a few productions on London's West End. Helena Bliss was born as Helena Louise Lipp in St. Louis, Missouri on December 31, 1917. Her parents"
"1944. Moore died September 16, 2005, of heart failure following a long illness. She was interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles. Constance Moore Constance Moore (January 18, 1920 or January 18, 1921 — September 16, 2005 in Los Angeles, California) was an American singer and actress. Her most noted work was in wartime musicals such as ""Show Business"" and ""Atlantic City"" and the classic 1939 movie serial ""Buck Rogers"", in which she played Wilma Deering, the only female character in the serial. Moore was born in Sioux City, Iowa, but her family moved away when she was"
"Constance Moore Constance Moore (January 18, 1920 or January 18, 1921 — September 16, 2005 in Los Angeles, California) was an American singer and actress. Her most noted work was in wartime musicals such as ""Show Business"" and ""Atlantic City"" and the classic 1939 movie serial ""Buck Rogers"", in which she played Wilma Deering, the only female character in the serial. Moore was born in Sioux City, Iowa, but her family moved away when she was aged six months and she spent most of her formative years in Dallas, Texas. She had at least two siblings, both sisters. A singer,"
"Diana Ross Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ross rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, which, during the 1960s, became Motown's most successful act, and are the best charting girl group in US history, as well as one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. The group released a record-setting twelve number-one hit singles on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, including ""Where Did Our Love Go"", ""Baby Love"", ""Come See About Me"", ""Stop! In the Name of"
"Nordstrom Sisters The Nordstrom Sisters were an American cabaret act which performed internationally from 1931 to 1976. Dagmar Nordstrom (1903 – 1976) the younger of the two sisters was a composer, arranger and the pianist of the duo. She wrote the music of ""Remembering You"", a fox trot popular in the 1940s and released on records. Sigfred Nordstrom (1893 – 1980), the elder sister, sang the lead and was the widow of Samuel Ferebee Williams (1883–1931), a confectionery executive who was the originator of the Tootsie Roll. They were married in 1919. Williams died in October 1931. Originally from Chicago,"
"Dorothy Seastrom Dorothy Seastrom (March 16, 1903 – January 31, 1930) was an American silent film actress. Born in Texas, Seastrom got into acting after winning the a beauty competition. Her family later relocated to Chicago. Her film career began in 1923 with the role of Eleanor Harmon in ""The Call of the Canyon"", directed by Victor Fleming. Later she acted under the direction of Cecil B. Demille. She signed a five-year contract with First National Pictures in September 1925. Seastrom was called the ""Candy Kid"" at First National due to her taffy colored hair. She appeared in ""The Perfect"
"Gwen Gordy Fuqua Gwen Fuqua (born Gwendolyn Gordy; November 26, 1927 – November 8, 1999) was an American businesswoman, songwriter and composer, most notably writing hit songs such as ""Lonely Teardrops"", ""All I Could Do Was Cry"" and ""Distant Lover"". She earned her full name after marrying Harvey Fuqua and kept the name after their divorce. Gwen Gordy was born to Berry Gordy Sr. and Bertha Ida (née Fuller) Gordy in Detroit. She was the youngest of the four Gordy sisters (Esther, Anna and Loucye) and the third youngest of the entire family (brothers Berry and Robert were born after"
"Della Reese Delloreese Patricia Early (July 6, 1931 – November 19, 2017), known professionally as Della Reese, was an American jazz and gospel singer, actress, and ordained minister whose career spanned seven decades. Reese's long career began as a singer, scoring a hit with her 1959 single ""Don't You Know?"". In the late–1960s, Reese hosted her own talk show, ""Della"", which ran for 197 episodes. She also starred in films beginning in 1975, including playing opposite Redd Foxx in ""Harlem Nights"" (1989), Martin Lawrence in ""A Thin Line Between Love and Hate"" (1996) and Elliott Gould in ""Expecting Mary"" (2010)."
"Gertrude Astor Gertrude Astor (born Gertrude Irene Eyster, November 9, 1887 – November 9, 1977) was an American motion picture character actress, who began her career playing trombone on a riverboat. Astor was born in Lakewood, Ohio to a working class family. She is no relation to the Astor family. Of German descent, Astor joined a woman's band as a trombone player and toured the states. In New York she left the band to obtain film work and got a job as an extra before her career took off. Astor was a prolific performer, between 1915 and 1962 she appeared"
"Desirée Goyette Desirée Goyette (married name Desirée Goyette-Bogas) (born September 10, 1956) is an American singer, composer, lyricist and voice-over artist. She has been nominated for two Grammy Awards and has voiced such characters as Betty Boop, Barbie, Nermal, Petunia Pig, Honey Bunny and numerous others for radio, television and toys. Desiree Goyette graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and also studied at San Jose State University in the music department. She lived in Los Angeles for numerous years and wed her second husband, producer of Garfield, Lee Mendelson. After many years together they then separated and divorced."
"Millie Kirkham Millie Kirkham (born Mildred Eakes; June 24, 1923 – December 14, 2014) was an American singer who was featured on many classic hit recordings from the mid-1950s through the 1980s. Kirkham was born Mildred Eakes in Hermitage, Tennessee. She performed in high school bands in the early 1940s before graduating to session work. Millie was known as the ""Nashville soprano"" on numerous hit records and became affectionately known as the fifth member of the Jordanaires. She worked with Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison, Brenda Lee, Eddie Arnold, and Elvis Presley and George Jones (""He Stopped Loving Her Today""). Millie"
"""We'll Take De Trip Dey Calls De Honeymoon"" (1899). Zelma Rawlston died in 1915, in New York, probably in her forties. Zelma Rawlston Zelma Rawlston (died October 30, 1915) was an American singer, comedian, and vaudeville performer, specializing in male impersonation, born Zelma Stuchenholz in Germany. She was billed as the ""American Vesta Tilley."" Zelma Stuchenholz was born in Germany and moved to the United States as a child. One profile, however, described her as being born in New York City in 1873, and training as a singer with Eugenie Pappenheim and Adelina Murio Celli, before attending National Conservatory of"
"Rhonda Ross Kendrick Rhonda Ross (born Rhonda Suzanne Silberstein; August 14, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and public speaker. She is the daughter of singer/actress Diana Ross. She was born in Los Angeles and raised by Ross and her first husband, Robert Ellis Silberstein. Her biological father is Motown Records founder Berry Gordy. At the time of Rhonda's birth, Diana Ross was married to her first husband, Robert Ellis Silberstein. Ross, Gordy, and Silberstein all knew of Rhonda's parentage. She was publicly presented as the daughter of Ross and Silberstein, and he raised her. When she was 13, she"
"of Gilbert and Sullivan, mixed with campy drag comedy out of Monty Python."" Gaille Heidemann Gaille Heidemann is an American voice actress, singer and songwriter. She is known as the voice of Myriam the Mystic in Diablo III, Tempestra in ""Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"", along with guest starring roles in World of Warcraft (, , ), , ""James Bond Jr."", ""All Grown Up"", ""Primetime Glick"", ""The California Raisin Show"", Return to Castle Wolfenstein, among many others. As a teenager she became a studio session singer appearing on television and film soundtracks with the Jimmy Joyce Singers. She dubbed the singing"
"Maria Kristina Kiellström Maria Kristina Kiellström (15 June 1744 – 20 January 1798), known as Maja Stina, was a Swedish silk worker and alleged prostitute. She inspired the songwriter and performer Carl Michael Bellman to create a major character in his ""Fredman's Epistles"" (songs), the demimonde prostitute or Rococo ""nymph"" Ulla Winblad. Kiellström was born into a poor family in what was then the poor area of Ladugårdslandet in Stockholm. Her mother died when she was five years old. Her father, Johan Kiellström, was originally in the artillery, but he was forced to resign from the military because of epilepsy,"
"Norma Terris Norma Terris (November 13, 1904, Columbus, Kansas – November 15, 1989, Lyme, Connecticut) was an American musical theatre star. Her mother, a singer, named her after the heroine of Bellini's opera, ""Norma"". Born Norma Allison Cook, she was acclaimed for her adroit impersonations of popular public figures, which she had performed in Florenz Ziegfeld's Follies, but may be best known for having originated the roles of Magnolia Hawks and her daughter Kim (as an adult) in the original Broadway production of ""Show Boat"" in 1927. She reprised her role in the first New York revival of the show"
"her 85th birthday, the last surviving adult actor to have appeared in the original production of ""Show Boat"". Norma Terris Norma Terris (November 13, 1904, Columbus, Kansas – November 15, 1989, Lyme, Connecticut) was an American musical theatre star. Her mother, a singer, named her after the heroine of Bellini's opera, ""Norma"". Born Norma Allison Cook, she was acclaimed for her adroit impersonations of popular public figures, which she had performed in Florenz Ziegfeld's Follies, but may be best known for having originated the roles of Magnolia Hawks and her daughter Kim (as an adult) in the original Broadway production"
"Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg Princess Tatiana Desirée von Fürstenberg (""Tatiana Desirée Prinzessin zu Fürstenberg""; February 16, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, film writer, director and producer. Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg was born on February 16, 1971 in New York City to fashion designers Diane von Fürstenberg and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg. On her mother's side she is of Jewish Moldovan, and Jewish Greek descent. On her father's side she is of German and Italian descent, and a member of the House of Fürstenberg. Her paternal grandparents were Prince Tassilo zu Fürstenberg and Clara Agnelli, the elder sister of"
"Norma Eberhardt Norma Eberhardt (July 8, 1929 – September 16, 2011) was an American actress who began her career as a fashion model. Her film credits included ""Live Fast, Die Young"" and ""The Return of Dracula"", both released in 1958. Eberhardt was born and raised in Oakhurst, New Jersey. She was discovered by fashion photographer as a teenager while attending an Easter Parade on the Asbury Park boardwalk with her mother. Reportedly, the photographer was struck by her two different colored eyes, one brown eye and one blue eye. The photographer, who was based in nearby New York City, assumed"