Gloria Lynne

Lynne worked between 1929 and 2013 across jazz musician, singer-songwriter, singer, soul musician and musician and 1 further recorded occupations. The registers place that work in pop music and jazz. This article rests on 45 catalogued compositions, 2 published texts, 24 issued recordings and 25 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Gloria Lynne • Birth Name — Gloria Wilson • Alias — Gloria Alleyne (married name) • Born — 23 November 1929 • Birthplace — Harlem, New York City, U.S. • Died — 15 October 2013 • Place of death — Newark, New Jersey, U.S. • Genre — Jazz • Instrument — Singing • Years Active — 1958–2007 • Label — Everest, ABC

Lynne was born in Harlem in 1929 to John and Mary Wilson, a gospel singer. She grew up in Harlem, and as a young girl, Lynne sang with the local African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Choir.

At the age of 15, she won first prize at the Amateur Night contest at the Apollo Theater. She shared the stage with contemporary night club vocal ensembles, and recorded as part of such groups as the Enchanters and the Dell-Tones in the 1950s. As a soloist she recorded under her birth name, although most of her work was released under her stage name on the Everest, with whom she signed in 1958, and Fontana labels. Although showing much promise early on, especially after TV appearances, including Harry Belafonte's New York 19 (1960) and The Ed Sullivan Show (1961), her development suffered through poor management. Some unscrupulous recording executives profited while she had limited financial resources—a victim of unpaid royalties—and only saved by the fact that she was able to work steadily and earn her money from live performances. During her earlier years on the road, Lynne shared bills with RnB, jazz, traditional pop music, and pop singers including Ray Charles, Billy Eckstine, Johnny Mathis and Ella Fitzgerald. TV specials include two with Harry Belafonte. She wrote lyrics for "Watermelon Man" with Herbie Hancock, and "All Day Long" with Kenny Burrell. Her final recording was "I Wish It Would Snow" featuring Bucky Pizzarelli. The song was featured in the 2014 Lifetime movie Seasons of Love, starring Gladys Knight and Taraji P. Henson. New York City proclaimed July 25, 1995 as "Gloria Lynne Day."

She and her husband, Harry Alleyne, had a son, Richard. Gloria and Richard Alleyne ran a production company, Family Bread Music Inc. She died of a heart attack on October 15, 2013, in Newark, New Jersey, at the age of 83.

• Year — Single — Chart Positions — Label • US Pop — US R&B • 1961 — "The Jazz in You" — 109 — — — Everest • "He Needs Me" — 111 — — • "Impossible" — 95 — 16 • "You Don't Have To Be A Tower Of Strength" — 100 — — • 1964 — "I Wish You Love" — 28 — 3 • "I Should Care" — 64 — 47 • "Be Anything (But Be Mine)" — 88 — 40 — Fontana • "Don't Take Your Love From Me" — 76 — — — Everest • 1965 — "Watermelon Man" — 62 — 8 — Fontana

• Recorded — Title — Label — Format — Catalogue No. • 1953 — "Yours Alone"/"My Heart's on Fire" — Brunswick — 45 r.p.m. — 84015 • 1954 — "Little Short Daddy"/"I'm Not in Love with You" — Rainbow — 45 r.p.m. — 244

• Recorded — Title — Label — Format — Catalogue No. • 1954 — "When I Say My Prayer"/"The Uncloudy Day" — Josie — 45 r.p.m. — 767 • 1959 — "June Night"/"Perdido" — Everest — 19303 • "But Not for Me"/"Just in Time" — 19308 • 1960 — "Be My Love"/"My Prayer for You" — 19326 • "Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe"/"My Reverie" — 19337 • "June Night"/"Perdido" — 19343 • "Am I Blue"/"Little Girl Blue" — 19346 • "They Didn't Believe Me"/"Without a Song" — 19347 • "Gypsy Boy"/"Recommended to Love" — 19367 • "Condemned Without Trial"/"Dreamy" — 19373 • "The Jazz in You"/"Love, I've Found You" — 19390 • 1961 — "He Needs Me"/"The Lamp Is Low" — 19409 • "Impossible"/"This Little Boy of Mine" — 19418 • "You Don't Have to Be a Tower of Strength"/"I Will Follow You" — 19428 • 1962 — "And This Is My Beloved"/"I'm Glad There Is You" — 19431 • "I Know Love"/"It Just Happened to Me" — 2008 • 1963 — "I'll Buy You a Star"/"Record Company Blues" — 2023 • "Humming Blues"/"Stormy Monday Blues" — 2030 • 1964 — "I Wish You Love"/"Through a Long and Sleepless Night" — 2036 • "I Should Care"/"Indian Love Call" — 2042 • "Don't Take Your Love from Me"/"You Don't Know What Love Is" — 2044 • "Serenade in Blue"/"Without a Song" — 2047 • "On Christmas Day"/"Wouldn't It Be Loverly" — 2051 • 1965 — "Fly Me to the Moon"/"The Night Has A Thousand Eyes" — 2055 • "Out of This World"/"Squeeze Me" — 2058 • "Lonely Street"/"Try a Little Tenderness" — 2059 • "The Folks Who Live on the Hill"/"That's a Joy" — 2061 • "My Devotion"/"I'm Glad There Is You" — 2062 • 1959 — "Little Boy Blues"/"Way Beyond the Hills" — Seeco — 6037 • 1961 — "Is There Someone for Me"/"I'm Not Afraid Anymore" — 6077 • 1964 — "Be Anything (but Be Mine)"/"Soul Serenade" — Fontana — 1890 • 1965 — "The Touch of Your Lips"/"Intimate Moments" — 1507 • "Watermelon Man"/"All Alone" — 1511 • "Whisperers"/"I Understand" — 1523 • 1966 — "Sometimes It Be's That Way"/"Speaking of Happiness" — 1538 • "Strangers in the Night"/"Hey, Candy Man" — 1554 • "Money Machine"/"I Got What You Want" — 1560 • 1967 — "Love Is"/"It's Not the Truth" — 1567 • "Foolish Dreamer"/"I Can't Stand It" — 1594 • 1968 — "Down Here on the Ground"/"I've Never Been Loved Before" — 1617 • "The Guy Who Lived Up There"/"Hold Back the Dawn" — 1627 • 1969 — "I've Got to Be Someone"/"Problem Child" — 1639 • "Darlin'"/"No Easy Way Down" — 1660 • "Hold It"/"Untouched By Human Love" — 1674 • 1966 — "I Wish You Love"/"A Long Long Story" — Hi Fi — 5103 • 1970 — "If You Don't Get It Yourself"/"Love's Finally Found Me" — Canyon — 36 • "Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong"/"Take You All the Way" — Roker — 504 • 1972 — "Never My Love"/"The Summer Knows" — Mercury — 73267 • "Just Let Me Be Me"/"Kickin' Life" — 73294 • 1976 — "Out of This World"/"Thank You, Early Bird" — ABC Impulse — 31003 • 2012 — "I Wish It Would Snow" — (LC Wells, LC Wells Music, LLC)

• Recorded — Title — Label — Format — Catalogue No. • 1958 — Miss Gloria Lynne (with Wild Bill Davis and His Group) — Everest — LP — BR-5022 • 1959 — Lonely And Sentimental (with Melba Liston orchestra) — BR-5063 • 1960 — Try A Little Tenderness (with LeRoy Holmes orchestra) — BR-5090 • Day In, Day Out (with Ernie Wilkins and His Orchestra) — BR-5101 • 1961 — I'm Glad There Is You (with the Earl May Trio) — BR-5126 • He Needs Me (with Jimmy Jones and His Orchestra) — BR-5128 • This Little Boy Of Mine — BR-5131 • 1962 — Gloria Lynne At Basin Street East (with the Earl May Trio) — BR-5137 • Gloria Blue (compilation) — BR-5203 • 1963 — Gloria Lynne At The Las Vegas Thunderbird (with the Herman Foster Trio) — BR-5208 • Gloria, Marty & Strings (with Marty Paich and His Orchestra) — BR-5220 • 1964 — I Wish You Love (compilation) — BR-5226 • Glorious (reissue of Miss Gloria Lynne) — BR-5228 • After Hours (reissue of Lonely And Sentimental) — BR-5230 • The Best Of Gloria Lynne (compilation) — BR-5231 • 1964 — Intimate Moments — Fontana — SRF-67528 • 1965 — Soul Serenade — SRF-67541 • Love And A Woman — SRF-67546 • 1966 — Go! Go! Go! (reissue of Day In, Day Out) — Everest — BR-5237 • Where It's At — Fontana — SRF-67555 • 1967 — Gloria — SRF-67561 • The Other Side Of Gloria Lynne — SRF-67571 • 1968 — Here, There & Everywhere — SRF-67577 • 1969 — The Best Of Gloria Lynne (compilation) — SRF-67589 • 1970 — Happy And In Love — Canyon — 7709 • 1972 — A Very Gentle Sound — Mercury — SRM-1-633 • 1974 — Gloria Lynne Greatest Hits By Popular Demand — Paul Winley — LP-122 • 1976 — I Don't Know How To Love Him — ABC Impulse — ASD-9311 • 1977 — Love's Finally Found Me (with Stanley Turrentine) — Versatile — NED-1122 • 1993 — No Detour Ahead — Muse — CD — MR-5414 • 1994 — A Time for Love — MR-5381 • 1997 — This One's On Me — HighNote — HCD 7015 • 2007 — From My Heart to Yours — HCD 7162

Gloria Lynne was born on 23 November 1929 in New York City. Lynne held the nationality of United States. Lynne worked as jazz musician, singer-songwriter, singer and soul musician, and the authority record catalogues a further 2 occupations under the same name, among them musician and jazz singer. Lynne was active from 1958. The fields Lynne worked in include pop music and jazz. Lynne played the voice.