Cleo Laine

Dame Cleo Laine (born Clementina Dinah Campbell on October 28 1927 in Middlesex, England) is a scat and jazz singer and an actor.

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She is the only person to have received Grammy nominations in the jazz, popular and classical music awards.

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Laine was born in a London suburb to a Jamaican father and English mother who sent her to singing and dancing lessons at an early age. She did not take up singing seriously until her mid-twenties, however. She auditioned successfully for a band led by musician John Dankworth, with which she performed until 1958, when she and Dankworth married.

October 28: October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining....

1927: 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar)....

Middlesex: Middlesex is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. When county councils were introduced in England in 1889 part of Middlesex was used to form the County of London and the remainder formed the administrative county of Middlesex....

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