Geraldine Bey
Geraldine Bey de Haas (born 1935) is an American jazz singer and concert organizer. Bey performed with the vocal trio Andy and the Bey Sisters with brother Andy Bey and sister Salome Bey in the 1960s. Then she married Eddie de Haas, with whom she settled in Chicago in 1968. In 1974, she created the Duke Ellington Celebration in Grant Park there, from which the Chicago Jazz Festival developed. She also organized other concerts and performance opportunities for young musicians and founded the jazz festival at the South Shore Cultural Center in 1981. Between 1959 and 1965, she was involved in seven recordings. With de Haas, she has two children, Aisha and Darius, both singers; Darius has also performed on Broadway musicals. |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1935
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1956 - 1957
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 89932 | 5/11/1956 | Captain Johnson | Andy and the Bey Sisters | vocalist | |||
Decca | 89933 | 5/11/1956 | Pretty baby do | Andy and the Bey Sisters | vocalist | |||
Decca | 89934 | 5/11/1956 | Jumping to conclusions | Andy and the Bey Sisters | vocalist | |||
Decca | 89935 | 5/11/1956 | Dedicated to you | Andy and the Bey Sisters | vocalist | |||
Decca | 101857 | 3/4/1957 | My personal possession | Andy and the Bey Sisters ; Andy Bey | vocalist | |||
Decca | 101858 | 3/4/1957 | The meaning of the blues | Andy and the Bey Sisters ; Andy Bey | vocalist | |||
Decca | 101859 | 3/4/1957 | What will my future be | Andy and the Bey Sisters ; Andy Bey | vocalist | |||
Decca | 101860 | 3/4/1957 | My secret secret | Andy and the Bey Sisters ; Andy Bey | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bey, Geraldine," accessed November 23, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/116017.
Bey, Geraldine. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/116017.
"Bey, Geraldine." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Bey, Geraldine - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2013014731
Wikidata: Geraldine Bey - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15440488
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/80028257
MusicBrainz: Geraldine Bey - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/92dab2eb-befb-4b68-902f-75c89b9405fe
ISNI: 0000 0004 4888 1855 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000448881855
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