CLEO LAINE

1927 ~ Cleo Laine, Middlesex England, Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth, DBE is a jazz singer and an actress, noted for her scat singing and vocal range. Though her natural range is that of a contralto she is able to produce a "G above high C" giving her an overall compass of well over three octaves. She is the only female performer to have received Grammy nominations in the jazz, popular and classical music categories. Laine is the widow of jazz composer Sir John Dankworth.

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Cleo and Johnny at 80

JAZZ singer Dame Cleo Laine and her husband Sir Johnny Dankworth have the delightful insouciance that comes with having lived a full and happy 80 years on this planet.

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