American jazz and blues singer

Helen Humes

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American jazz and blues singer
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Helen Humes (June 23, 1913 – September 9, 1981) was an American jazz and blues singer.

Humes was a teenage blues singer, a vocalist with Count Basie's band, a saucy R&B diva, and a mature interpreter of the classic popular song. Along with other well-known jazz singers of the swing era, Humes helped to shape and define the sound of vocal swing music.