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Clare Teal is an English jazz singer who has become famous not only for her singing, but also for having signed the biggest ever recording-deal by a British jazz singer. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion...
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Teal was born and brought up in the tiny village of Shipton, North Yorkshire, and developed an interest in jazz from an early age, through her father's collection of 78rpm records. She took music lessons (first on the electronic organ, then more formally on clarinet), before going to study music at university. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
North Yorkshire is a county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. ...
Manufacturers put records inside protective and decorative cardboard jackets and an inner paper sleeve to protect the grooves from dust and scratches. ...
After graduation, she started a career in advertising, singing in her spare time with various amateur and semi-professional bands. Her break came when she was asked to stand in for Stacey Kent at a weekend festival. This led (after some determined self-promotion, in which she drew upon her advertising skills) to a three-album contract with the jazz-specialist label Candid Records. Her popularity soared, with appearances on radio and television bringing her to the attention of a wider public. This eventually led to her being signed by Sony in what was the biggest recording deal by any British jazz singer. An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ...
Candid Records was founded as a subsiduary of Archie Bleyers Cadence label in New York City in 1960. ...
Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (NYSE: SNE) is a global consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ...
Discography
- 2001: That's the Way It Is (Candid)
- 2002: Orsino's Songs (Candid)
- 2003: The Road Less Travelled (Candid)
- 2004: Don't Talk (Sony)
External links - Clare Teal's Web site (http://www.clareteal.co.uk/)
- Interview (http://www.123webpages.co.uk/user/index.php?user=jazzview&pn=10802#clare) (for Jazz Views)
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