Lorraine Feather
Lorraine Feather (born Billie Jane Lee Lorraine Feather; September 10, 1948) is an American singer, lyricist, and songwriter.
Lorraine Feather
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- Name
- Lorraine Feather
- Birth Name
- Billie Jane Lee Lorraine Feather
- Born
- 10 September 1948
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York, U.S.
- Occupation
- Singer, lyricist, songwriter
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- music composing
- Education
- Hollywood High School
- Languages
- English
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Lorraine Feather (born Billie Jane Lee Lorraine Feather; September 10, 1948) is an American singer, lyricist, and songwriter.
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• Name — Lorraine Feather • Birth Name — Billie Jane Lee Lorraine Feather • Born — 10 September 1948 • Birthplace — Manhattan, New York, U.S. • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Singer, lyricist, songwriter • Instrument — Vocals • Years Active — 1967–present • Label — Concord Jazz, Sanctuary, Rhombus, Jazzed Media • Website — lorrainefeather.com/
Early life
Early life
A native of Manhattan, she was born to jazz writer Leonard Feather and his wife Jane, a former big band singer. She was named Billie Jane Lee Lorraine for her godmother Billie Holiday, her mother's former roommate Peggy Lee, and for the song "Sweet Lorraine". Three of her albums have been nominated for Grammy Awards in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category: Ages (2010), Attachments (2013), and Flirting with Disaster (2015).
Discography
• Joanne Grauer Introducing Lorraine Feather (MPS, 1978) • Sweet Lorraine (Concord Jazz, 1978) • The Body Remembers (Bean Bag, 1996) • New York City Drag (Rhombus, 2000) • Such Sweet Thunder (Sanctuary, 2003) • Cafe Society (Sanctuary, 2003) • Dooji Wooji (Sanctuary, 2005) • Language (Jazzed Media, 2008) • Ages (Jazzed Media, 2010) • Tales of the Unusual (Jazzed Media, 2012) • Attachments (Jazzed Media, 2013) • Flirting with Disaster (Jazzed Media, 2015) • Math Camp (Relarion, 2018)
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- 1.Die LP (MPS 15527) unter dem Namen der Pianistin Joanne Grauer enthielt nur drei Titel mit Feather auf der B-Seite (Joanne Grauer: Introducing Lorraine Feather).
- 2.Morales arbeitete früher für die Rippingtons, David Benoit und Rickie Lee Jones, beendete dann seine Musikerkarriere, um im Internet-Management zu arbeiten.
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