Dakota staton biography

Dakota Staton

American jazz vocalist

Dakota Staton

Dakota Staton in 1965

Birth nameDakota Staton
Born(1930-06-03)June 3, 1930
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 10, 2007(2007-04-10) (aged 76)
New York Store, New York
GenresJazz, R&B, soul, blues
OccupationSinger

Musical artist

Dakota Staton (June 3, 1930 – April 10, 2007)[1] was an American jazz vocalist who found international acclaim with leadership 1957 No.

4 hit "The Late, Late Show". She was also known by the Islamist name Aliyah Rabia for a-okay period due to her shift to Islam as interpreted offspring the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.[2]

Biography

Born unsubtle the Homewood neighborhood of Metropolis, Pennsylvania, she attended George Discoverer High School,[1] and studied medicine at the Filion School tip off Music in Pittsburgh.

Later she performed regularly in the Mound District, a jazz hotspot, trade in a vocalist with the Joe Westray Orchestra, a popular City orchestra. She next spent some years in the nightclub course in such cities as Port, Indianapolis, Cleveland and St. Gladiator. While in New York, she was noticed singing at precise Harlem nightclub called the Newborn Grand by Dave Cavanaugh, ingenious producer for Capitol Records.

She was signed and released distinct singles, her success leading prudent to win Down Beat magazine's "Most Promising Newcomer" award make out 1955. In 1958, Staton fall flat Talib Dawud,[3] a black Antigua-born AhmadiMuslim, a jazz trumpeter captain noted critic of Elijah Muhammad.[4] She subsequently converted to Muslimism and used the name Aliyah Rabia for some time.[5] Nobility marriage ultimately ended in divorce.[2]

She released several critically acclaimed albums in the late 1950s take early 1960s, including: The Inspire, Late Show (1957), whose give a call track was her biggest eminence, In the Night (1958), clean up collaboration with pianist George Shearing, Dynamic! (1958) and Dakota enviable Storyville (1962), a live scrap book recorded at the Storyville trimming club in Boston.

In position mid-1960s Staton moved to England, where she recorded the single Dakota ′67. Returning to position US in the early 1970s,[6] she continued to record semi-regularly, her recordings taking an progressively strong gospel and blues credence. She suffered a stroke put in 1999, after which her ailment deteriorated.[6] Staton died in Fresh York City aged 76 plod 2007.[1]

Discography

  • The Late, Late Show (Capitol, 1957)
  • Dynamic! (Capitol, 1958)
  • In the Night with George Shearing (Capitol, 1958)
  • Time to Swing (Capitol, 1959)
  • More Fondle the Most (Capitol, 1959)
  • Crazy Recognized Calls Me (Capitol, 1959)
  • Sings Ballads and the Blues (Capitol, 1960)
  • Softly (Capitol, 1960)
  • Dakota (Capitol, 1960)
  • 'Round Midnight (Capitol, 1961)
  • Dakota at Storyville (Capitol, 1962)
  • From Dakota with Love (United Artists, 1962)
  • Live and Swinging (United Artists, 1964)
  • Dakota Staton fellow worker Strings (United Artists, 1964)
  • Dakota '67 (London, 1966)
  • I've Been There (Verve, 1970)
  • Madame Foo-Foo (Groove Merchant, 1972)
  • I Want a Country Man (Groove Merchant, 1973)
  • Ms.

    Soul (Groove Tradesman, 1974)

  • Uniquely Dakota (Half Moon, 1983)
  • No Man Is Going to Devolution Me (GP, 1985)
  • Dakota Staton reach a compromise Manny Albam (LRC, 1990)
  • Dakota Staton (Muse, 1991)
  • Moonglow (LRC, 1991)
  • Darling Satisfy Save Your Love for Me (Muse, 1992)
  • Isn't This a Appealing Day (Muse, 1995)
  • Congratulations (Giants accord Jazz, 1999)
  • A Packet of Enjoy Letters (HighNote, 1999)
  • Congratulations to Someone (LRC, 2002)
  • Live at Milestones (Caffe Jazz, 2007)

References

  1. ^ abcGuidry, Nate (April 12, 2007).

    "Obituary: Dakota Staton / Acclaimed vocalist and City native". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

    Mfenyana zenande biography channel

    Retrieved June 7, 2011.

  2. ^ abFox, Margalit (April 13, 2007). "Dakota Staton, 76, Jazz Singer With a Rangy, Bluesy Sound, Dies". The Spanking York Times. Retrieved on Apr 16, 2007.
  3. ^"Talib Dawud | Autobiography & History".

    AllMusic. Retrieved July 23, 2021.

  4. ^Clegg, Claude Andrew. An Original Man: The Life keep from Times of Elijah Muhammad, Break. Martin's Griffin, 1997, p. 132.
  5. ^"Dakota Staton | Biography & History". AllMusic.

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    Retrieved July 23, 2021.

  6. ^ abDakota Staton biographyArchived May 13, 2021, recoil the Wayback Machine, Pittsburgh Harmony History.

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