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When Does This Feeling Go Away Bonus Track by Fran Warren

Artist Biography For Fran Warren

Fran Warren March 4 1926 - March 4 2013 Was An American Popular Singer. She Was Born As Frances Wolfe To A Jewish Family In The Borough Of The Bronx In New York City. After Some Time On A Chorus Line At New York's Roxy Theater She Auditioned With The Big Band Of Duke Ellington At Age 16 Though She Never Made It Onto Ellington's Band She Soon Became A Singer With Bands Led By Randy Brooks Art Mooney Billy Eckstine Charlie Barnet And Claude Thornhill. It Was Eckstine Who Gave Her The Stage Name Of Fran Warren. With Charlie Barnet She Replaced Kay Starr As Featured Vocalist. In 1947 She Made The Charts For The First Time With The Thornhill Band's Recording Of "A Sunday Kind Of Love" On Columbia Records. She Made A Number Of Other Records With Thornhill That Year. In 1948 She Went Solo Signing With RCA Records. On RCA She Made A Number Of Recordings But Her Biggest Hit Was A Duet With Tony Martin "I Said My Pajamas And Put On My Pray'rs " Which Reached #3 On The Charts. Other Recordings Which She Made Include More Duets With Tony Martin And With Lisa Kirk. In The Early 1950s After A Number Of Her RCA Records Failed To Chart She Moved To MGM Records. She Had A Number Of Records For MGM Making Her Last Chart Hit In 1953 With "It's Anybody's Heart." She Recorded The LP "Hey There!" With Arrangements And Conducting By Marty Paich Pickwick 1957 . In The 1950s She Also Started To Play In Musical Comedy Performing In "The Pajama Game" In The Mid-1950s And Later Playing The Title Role In "Mame." She Did Not Neglect Her Band Singing Touring With Harry James In The 1960s. In The Late 1970s She Reconnected With Musical Director And Trumpet Player Joe Cabot With Whom She Had Worked Extensively During The 1950s And 1960s. From 1979-1982 They Toured Together With The Musical Review The Big Broadcast Of 1944 And Enjoyed Two Sold-Out Engagements At New York City's Acclaimed Jazz Club Michael's Pub. She Resided In Connecticut Until Her Death On March 4 2013 Her 87th Birthday.

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