Teri Thornton
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz singer (1934–2000)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1934-09-01
- Active to
- 2000-05-02
jazzvocal jazz
Discography
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- 4,981
- Total plays
- 22,525
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Teri Thornton’s career as a jazz singer was a notably roller-coaster affair, moving from early struggles to success and back to obscurity again, before enjoying a remarkable final flourish in the last two years of her life. Her final comeback was sparked by winning the vocalist section of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 1998, an honour usually given to young performers. Thornton was already in her early 60s when she took the prize. <a href="https://www.last.fm/
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Thornton
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Englewood
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Riverside
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- date of birth
- 1934-09-01
- cause of death
- bladder cancer
- date of death
- 2000-05-02
- manner of death
- natural causes
- time period
- 20th century
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