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Margrethe Blossom Dearie [1] [a] [2] (April 28, 1924 – February 7, 2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist. [3] She had a recognizably light and girlish voice. [4] [5] [2] [3] Dearie performed regular engagements in London and New York City over many years [4] [2] and collaborated with many musicians, including Johnny Mercer, Miles Davis, [3] [6] Jack Segal, Johnny Mandel, Duncan ...
Soubrette: Blossom Dearie Sings Broadway Hit Songs is a 1960 studio album by Blossom Dearie, with an orchestra arranged by Russell Garcia. This was Dearie's first album recorded with full orchestral arrangements.
Blossom Dearie Sings Rootin' Songs is a 1963 studio album by Blossom Dearie. Her first album after leaving Verve Records, Blossom Dearie Sings Rootin' Songs was recorded for Hires Root Beer, on whose television commercials Dearie had sung. The album was originally available for 50¢ and two bottle caps.
"Manhattan" is a popular song and part of the Great American Songbook. It has been performed by the Supremes, Lee Wiley, Oscar Peterson, Blossom Dearie, Tony Martin, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Mel Torme, among many others.
In a positive retrospective review written for the CD release, AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow praises Dearie's voice, writing its "sincerity and sense of swing wins one over after a few songs" and her "piano playing is first class". [1] In 2019, record club Vinyl Me, Please. reissued the album on vinyl. This was the first time the album was re ...
Blossom Dearie chronology; Chez Wahlberg: Part One (1985) Songs of Chelsea (1988) Tweedledum & Tweedledee (Two People Who Resemble Each Other, in this Case Musically)
Blossom Dearie – vocals (all tracks), piano (all tracks except "You've Got Something I Want") Kenny Burrell – guitar (all tracks) Ray Brown – double bass (all tracks)
That's Just the Way I Want to Be is a 1970 album by Blossom Dearie. For the first time, the focus is on Dearie as a songwriter with her co-writing nine of the album's 12 tracks. She took the opportunity to pay tribute to some of her contemporaries: John Lennon (the object of her praise in "Hey John"), Georgie Fame and Dusty Springfield.