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Mabel Mercer was a British singer, jazz musician, and actor. Born in 1900, she was of African American and Black British ethnicity and spoke English. Her musical career encompassed jazz, cabaret, and vocal jazz genres. She performed using her voice and recorded for Atlantic Records. Mercer was recognized in the Presidential Medal of Freedom collection and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom award.
She died in Pittsfield in 1984 from disease, with natural causes listed as the manner of death. Her archives are held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Mercer was female and is noted for being a posthumous birth. Her work is associated with tags including romantic themes and female vocalists.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1900
- Active to
- 1984
Discography
- Songs By Mabel Mercer (Volume Two)1953
- Songs, Volume 11953
- Mabel Mercer Sings Cole Porter1955
- Midnight at Mabel Mercer's1956
- Once in a Blue Moon1958
- Merely Marvelous1960
- Mabel Mercer Sings1964
- Echoes of My Life1999
- Midnight at the Mabel Mercer's / Once in a Blue Moon2000
- At Town Hall / Second Town Hall Cencert2001
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5,900
- Total plays
- 35,825
Tags
Mabel Mercer (3 February 1900 – 20 April 1984) was an English-born cabaret singer who performed in the United States, Britain, and Europe with the greats in jazz and cabaret. She was a featured performer at Chez Bricktop in Paris, owned by the legendary hostess Bricktop, and performed in such clubs as Le Ruban Bleu, Tony's, the RSVP, the Carlyle, the St. Regis Hotel, and eventually her own room, the Byline Club. Among those who frequently attended Mercer's shows was Frank Sinatra <a href="https:
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mabel
- Family name
- Mercer
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Staffordshire
- Place of death
- Pittsfield
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Image
- Ross, Steve - 1982, with Mabel Mercer.jpg
- Significant event
- posthumous birth
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1900-02-03
- date of death
- 1984-04-20
- cause of death
- disease
- ethnic group
- Black Britons
- manner of death
- natural causes
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