Teddi King
Teddi King (September 18, 1929 – November 18, 1977) was an American jazz and pop vocalist. Born Theodora King in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, she won a singing competition hosted by Dinah Shore at Boston's Tributary Theatre, later beginning work in a touring revue involved with "cheering up the military in the lull between the Second World War and the Korean conflict." Improving her vocal and piano technique during this time, she first recorded with Nat Pierce in 1949, later recording with the Beryl Booker trio and with several other small groups from 1954 to 1955 (recordings which were available on three albums for Storyville). She then toured with George Shearing for two years beginning in the summer of 1952, and for a time was managed by George Wein. King later began performing for a time in Las Vegas. Ultimately signing with RCA, she recorded three albums for the label, beginning with 1956's Bidin' My Time. She also had some minor chart success with the singles "Mr. Wonderful" (which made the Top 20 in 1956), "Married I Can Always Get" and "Say It Isn't So" (both of which made the Billboard Hot 100 from 1957 to 1958). Her critically praised 1959 album All the Kings' Songs found her interpreting the signature songs of contemporary male singers like Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole (the "kings" of the title). In the 1960s, she opened the Playboy Club, where she often performed. After developing lupus, she managed to make a brief comeback with a 1977 album featuring Dave McKenna, and with two more albums recorded for Audiophile released posthumously. She died of the disease on November 18, 1977. King's style, influenced by Lee Wiley, Mildred Bailey and Mabel Mercer, has won her a small but devoted cult following. |
Birth and Death Data: Born September 18, 1929 (United States of America), Died November 18, 1977
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1954 - 1959
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 | 87089 | 11/23/1954 | In the year you've been gone | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 87090 | 11/23/1954 | I'll never be the same | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 87091 | 11/23/1954 | My funny little lover | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 87092 | 11/23/1954 | The dragon | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 106568 | 2/13/1959 | River of regret | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 106569 | 2/13/1959 | Blue tango | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 106881 | 3/23/1959 | Temptation | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 106882 | 3/23/1959 | April showers | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 106883 | 3/23/1959 | June in January | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 106884 | 3/23/1959 | Let's face the music and dance | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 106885 | 3/24/1959 | You brought me a new kind of love | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 106886 | 3/24/1959 | A cottage for sale | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 106887 | 3/24/1959 | When it's sleepy time down South | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 106888 | 3/24/1959 | Keepin' out of mischief now | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 106889 | 3/25/1959 | This love of mine | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 106890 | 3/25/1959 | Flamingo | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 106891 | 3/25/1959 | That's for me | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 106892 | 3/25/1959 | Unforgettable | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 107347 | 5/18/1959 | It only happened once before | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 107348 | 5/18/1959 | Please be kind | Teddi King | vocalist | |||
Decca | 108238 | 10/5/1959 | Flamingo | Teddi King | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "King, Teddi," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/325331.
King, Teddi. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/325331.
"King, Teddi." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: King, Teddi - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94069961
Wikidata: Teddi King - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1527357
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/87282100
MusicBrainz: Teddi King - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/824b030f-b474-446b-9a40-317101fde1a9
ISNI: 0000 0000 6117 8508 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000061178508
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