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Mildred Bailey

1907 - 1951

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Mildred Bailey (born Mildred Rinker; February 27, 1907 – December 12, 1951) was a Native American jazz singer during the 1930s, known as "The Queen of Swing", "The Rockin' Chair Lady", and "Mrs. Swing". She recorded the songs "For Sentimental Reasons", "It's So Peaceful in the Country", "Doin' The Uptown Lowdown", "Trust in Me", "Where Are You?", "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart", "Small Fry", "Please Be Kind", "Darn That Dream", "Rockin' Chair", "Blame It on My Last Affair", and "Says My Heart". She had three records that reached number one on the popular charts. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mildred Bailey is the 2,170th most popular singer (up from 2,262nd in 2019), the 12,046th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,135th in 2019) and the 612th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Mildred Bailey ranks 2,170 out of 4,381. Before her are Marco Mengoni, Biagio Antonacci, Cho Kyu-hyun, Paula Seling, David Draiman, and Sana. After her are Saweetie, Mario Frangoulis, Gaitana, Johnny Ace, Kristina Orbakaitė, and Kristina Hautala.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Mildred Bailey ranks 385. Before her are Tex Gibbons, Isabel Jewell, Lina Basquette, Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, Aldo Donelli, and Walter Donaldson. After her are Adrienne Ames, Boy Charlton, Alan Reed, Alexander Wood, Paul Nitze, and Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon. Among people deceased in 1951, Mildred Bailey ranks 183. Before her are Thomas Blamey, Tom Kiely, Mady Christians, Constant Lambert, Alfred Lindley, and Gerald Logan. After her are Cecil Green, Oscar Micheaux, Nellie McClung, and Harry B. Liversedge.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mildred Bailey ranks 12,048 out of 20,380. Before her are Atom Willard (1973), Tenley Albright (1935), Maitland Ward (1977), Terence Cooke (1921), Natasha Lyonne (1979), and Xavier Becerra (1958). After her are Jaycee Chan (1982), Nick Searcy (1959), Timothy Geithner (1961), Saweetie (1993), Kevin Cheng (1969), and Corey Burton (1955).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Mildred Bailey ranks 612. Before her are R. L. Burnside (1926), Candi Staton (1940), Juice Newton (1952), Rockwell (1964), Trick-Trick (1973), and David Draiman (1973). After her are Saweetie (1993), Johnny Ace (1929), Lisa Fischer (1958), Jan Peerce (1904), T.I. (1980), and Jack Harlow (1998).

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