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Ivie Anderson (sometimes Ivy) (January 16, 1904 – December 28, 1949) was an American jazz singer. Anderson was a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra for more than a decade.

Ivie Anderson
Background information
Birth nameIvie Anderson
Also known asIvy Anderson
Born(1904-01-16)January 16, 1904[1]
Gilroy, California, United States[2]
DiedDecember 28, 1949(1949-12-28) (aged 45)
Los Angeles, California
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals

Personal life


Anderson lived at 724 E. 52nd Place from 1930 to 1945 (part of the 52nd Place Historic District).
Anderson lived at 724 E. 52nd Place from 1930 to 1945 (part of the 52nd Place Historic District).

Anderson was born on January 16, 1904, in Gilroy, California.[3] Although her mother's name is unknown, her father was Jobe Smith. From 1914 to 1918 (age 9 to 13), Anderson attended St. Mary's Convent and studied voice. At Gilroy grammar school and Gilroy High School, she joined glee club and choral society. She also studied voice under Sara Ritt while in Nannie H. Burroughs Institution in Washington, D.C.[2] From 1930 to 1945, Anderson lived at 724 East 52nd Place in Los Angeles, part of the 52nd Place Historic District.[2]


Career


Anderson's singing career began around 1921 with performances in Los Angeles. In 1924, she toured with the musical Shuffle Along.[4] By 1925, she had performed in Cuba, the Cotton Club in New York City, and Los Angeles with the bands of Paul Howard, Curtis Mosby, and Sonny Clay.[2][4] In 1928, she sang in Australia with Clay's band and starred in Frank Sebastian's Cotton Club in Los Angeles in April. Soon after, she began touring in the United States as a solo singer.[2]

From 1930 to early 1931, with pianist Earl Hines's band, Anderson performed in a 20-week residency at the Grand Terrace in Chicago, Illinois. In 1931, she became the first full-time vocalist in the Duke Ellington orchestra.[4] Her career for over a decade consisted of touring with Ellington. Her first appearance on record, "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", recorded in 1932, was a hit.[4] She participated in Ellington's first European tour in 1933.[2] In 1940, she recorded "Solitude", "Mood Indigo", and "Stormy Weather".[4] One of the rare occasions Anderson sang independently of Ellington in this period was her performance of "All God's Children Got Rhythm" in the Marx Brothers film A Day at the Races (1937) for MGM.[2][4]

Owing to her chronic asthma, Anderson left Ellington's band in 1942.[2][4] She started the Chicken Shack restaurant in Los Angeles[4] with Marque Neal after they married but sold the business when they divorced. She had a second marriage with Walter Collins.[2] At the end of 1949, Anderson died in Los Angeles. Although her earliest obituary was dated December 27, 1949, later sources state her date of death as December 28, 1949.[2]


Comments about Ivie Anderson


Anderson often received prominent billing on advertisements for Ellington's appearances in theatres, auditoriums, arenas, and ballrooms, wherever the Ellington band toured in the 1930s. She sang pop tunes and ballads and was the band's scat singer, imitating instrumental sounds and vocalizations. She was said to be one of Ellington's finest and most versatile singers before Swedish vocalist Alice Babs performed with the band. Ellington wrote Music Is My Mistress (1973) with Anderson in mind.[2]

When Anderson played in Ellington's musical Jump for Joy, the California Eagle wrote of her:

"Ivie can sing a song so that the audience get every word, and at the same time make cracks at Sonny Greer, tease Duke and wink at the boys in the front row. Wednesday night she went into a dance routine that would have slayed you."[5]


Discography


1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
(The Gotham Stompers session included members of Ellington's band plus members of Chick Webb's.)
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942

Compilations



Appearances on Ellington recordings



Charting singles


Year Single Peak positions
US Country
[6]
1944 "Mexico Joe" 4

References


  1. Duke Ellington Society newsletter; June 2008
  2. Kernfeld, Barry. "Ivie Anderson".
  3. Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin Books. p. 14. ISBN 0-141-00646-3.
  4. Yanow, Scott (2008). The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide. Backbeat. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-87930-825-4.
  5. Cockrell, Wilma (August 14, 1941). "Jam Session". The California Eagle. p. Two-B.
  6. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.



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[ru] Андерсон, Айви

А́йви А́ндерсон (англ. Ivie Anderson), урождённая — Смит (англ. Smith; 10 июля 1905, Гилрой  (англ.) (рус., Калифорния, США — 28 декабря 1949, Лос-Анджелес, Калифорния, США) — американская джазовая певица и актриса . В 1930-е годы она пользовалась успехом, гастролировала и записывалась с группой Дюка Эллингтона. Андерсон завершила карьеру певицы в 1942 году, в 37-летнем возрасте, из-за ухудшившегося здоровья, и умерла 7 лет спустя в 1949 году, когда ей было всего 44 лет.


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