Morgana King
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American singer and actress (1930-2018)
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- 1
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- Portraits
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1947-09-21
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Morgana King (June 4, 1930 – March 22, 2018) was an American jazz singer and actress. She began singing at a young age and a professional singing career at sixteen years old. In her twenties, she was singing at a Greenwich Village nightclub when she was recognized for her unique phrasing and vocal range, described as a four-octave contralto range. She was signed to a label and began recording solo albums. She recorded dozens of albums well into the late 1990s. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- King
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pleasantville
- Place of death
- Palm Springs
- Spouse
- Willie Dennis
- Occupation
- film actor
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- United Artists Records
- Image
- Morgana King 1968.JPG
- Number of children
- 1
- Voice type
- contralto
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- Morgana King
- date of birth
- 1930-06-04
- date of death
- 2018-03-22
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- lymphoma
- start of work period
- 1946-00-00
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist
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