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Shirley Horn

1934 - 2005

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Shirley Valerie Horn (May 1, 1934 – October 20, 2005) was an American jazz singer and pianist. She collaborated with many jazz musicians including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and others. She was most noted for her ability to accompany herself with nearly incomparable independence and ability on the piano while singing, something described by arranger Johnny Mandel as "like having two heads", and for her rich, lush voice, a smoky contralto, which was described by noted producer and arranger Quincy Jones as "like clothing, as she seduces you with her voice". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shirley Horn is the 1,329th most popular singer (down from 850th in 2019), the 7,294th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,479th in 2019) and the 366th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Shirley Horn ranks 1,329 out of 4,381. Before her are BoA, André Hazes, Juan Pons, Beverly Sills, George London, and Aneka. After her are Elisabeth Andreassen, Antonina Nezhdanova, Sheena Easton, Rosalía, Seo In-guk, and Tommy Seebach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Shirley Horn ranks 365. Before her are Yuri Vizbor, Héctor De Bourgoing, Shyam Benegal, Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Kurt Armbruster, and Shirley Douglas. After her are Martín Pando, Barry Humphries, Kamala Surayya, Lucien Clergue, Richard D. Zanuck, and Ion Panțuru. Among people deceased in 2005, Shirley Horn ranks 236. Before her are Geraldine Fitzgerald, Shoji Nishio, César Lattes, Ivan Kolev, Harrison Young, and Larry Collins. After her are Annemarie Heinrich, Karen Lancaume, Aulis Kallakorpi, Maurice Lafont, Klara Luchko, and Isabella Bashmakova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shirley Horn ranks 7,296 out of 20,380. Before her are Tom DiCillo (1953), Jack Conway (1887), Gary Ross (1956), Victor Buono (1938), Bill Joy (1954), and Richard Portnow (1947). After her are George Nader (1921), Caleb Deschanel (1944), Thomas Ian Griffith (1962), Anthony Downs (1930), Beatrice Mintz (1921), and Dana Reeve (1961).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Shirley Horn ranks 366. Before her are Jello Biafra (1958), Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935), Evelyn Lear (1926), Hoagy Carmichael (1899), Roy Eldridge (1911), and Beverly Sills (1929). After her are Reba McEntire (1955), Terence Trent D'Arby (1962), Yvonne Elliman (1951), Stephen Marley (1972), Roger McGuinn (1942), and Steve Porcaro (1957).

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