Chris connor biography
Chris connor biography
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Chris Connor
American jazz singer
For the American former professional ice hockey winger, see Chris Conner.
Musical artist
Mary Jean Loutsenhizer, known professionally as Chris Connor (November 8, 1927 – August 29, 2009),[1] was an American jazz singer.
Biography
Chris Connor was born Mary Loutsenhizer in Kansas City, Missouri, to Clyde Loutsenhizer and Mabel Shirley. She became proficient on the clarinet, having studied for eight years during middle school and high school.
She sang with the college band at the University of Missouri, playing at functions in Columbia, Missouri.[2]
In 1949, Connor recorded two songs with Claude Thornhill's band: "There's a Small Hotel" and "I Don't Know Why".[3] With Jerry Wald's big band she recorded "You're the Cream in My Coffee", "Cherokee", "Pennies from Heaven", "Raisins and Almonds", and "Terremoto".[3] Connor and Thornhill reunited in 1952 for a radio broadcast from the Statler Hot