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Nov 24, 1915 Seattle, Washington, United States Died on 13 Dec 2002 (aged 87)
American singer
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About Stella Brooks
- Stella Brooks (born October 24, 1910, Seattle, Washington – December 13, 2002, San Francisco, California) was an American jazz vocalist.Brooks began singing in San Francisco early in the 1930s.
- She moved to New York City in 1937, where she sang in the ensembles of Art Hodes, Sidney Bechet, Joe Sullivan, Georg Brunis and Frank Newton among others.
- She played at the New York Town Hall in 1946.
- During this time she befriended Tennessee Williams and Billie Holiday; she was sometimes called "The white Billie Holiday".
- Williams wrote about Brooks in his memoirs. Brooks's career faded in the 1950s, during which time she played locally in clubs in New York.
- In 1962, she left the music industry and moved back to San Francisco.
- In 1981, Folkways Records released some of her material on Songs of the 1940s: Diverse Songs and Moods.
