Jackie Cain

• Name — Jackie Cain • Birth Name — Jacqueline Ruth Cain • Born — 22 May 1928 • Birthplace — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. • Died — 15 September 2014 • Place of death — Montclair, New Jersey • Genre — Jazz, vocal jazz • Occupation — Singer • Years Active — 1946–2007 • Past Member Of — Jackie and Roy

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cain was the daughter of an office furniture salesman who also managed a community theater. After her parents' divorce, she and her mother, who took a job with a photo-imaging company, moved to a rooming house. Cain first became interested in music through listening to the radio and performing in the chorus at her elementary school. While in high school she performed in an a cappella chorus during the school day and began performing on a children's radio show and with a band organized by a local music store in Milwaukee. At the age of 17, Cain accepted her first full-time job in music as a singer with Jay Burkhart's band. In 1947, at the age of 19, she was introduced to Roy Kral by Bob Anderson, a fellow member of the Burkhart band. The couple soon began performing together in clubs in Chicago, and in 1949 they married. They recorded nearly forty albums for record labels such as Columbia and Verve. Cain died at her home in Montclair, New Jersey, aged 86, on September 15, 2014, from complications of a stroke she suffered in 2010.