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She was born as Frances Wolfe to a Jewish family in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City. After some time on a chorus line at New York's Roxy Theater, she auditioned with the big band of Duke Ellington at age 16; though she never made it onto Ellington's band, she soon became a singer with bands led by Randy Brooks, Art Mooney, Billy Eckstine, Charlie Barnet, and Claude Thornhill. It was Eckstine who gave her the stage name of Fran Warren. With Charllie Barnet, she replaced Kay Starr as featured vocalist. In 1947, she made the charts for the first time, with the Thornhill band's recording of "A Sunday Kind Of Love" on Columbia Records. She made a number of other records with Thornhill that year. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ... NYC and New York, New York redirect here. ... A big band is a large musical ensemble that plays jazz music. ... Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899 - May 24, 1974) was an American jazz composer, pianist and bandleader. ... Randy Brooks is an African-American actor who was born in New York City, New York who has starred on television and in films. ... Billy Eckstine (8 July 1914 – 8 March 1993), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as William Clarence Eckstein. ... Charles Daly Barnet (October 26, 1913 – September 4, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader. ... Claude Thornhill (August 10, 1909 - July 1, 1965) was an American pianist, arranger, and bandleader. ... A stage name, or a screen name for movie stars, is a pseudonym used by performers and actors. ... Kay Starr on the cover of 2002 collection The Definitive Kay Starr on Capitol Kay Starr (born July 21, 1922) is an American jazz and popular singer. ... See also: 1946 in music, other events of 1947, 1948 in music and the list of years in music. // Events Patti Page signs with Mercury Frankie Laine earns his first, of 21, gold records Kay Starr signs with Capitol George Jones begins performing Jimmy Rogers begins recording the Weavers begin... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ...

In 1948 she went solo, signing with RCA Records. On RCA she made a number of recordings, but her biggest hit was a duet with Tony Martin, "I Said My Pajamas (and Put On My Pray'rs)" which reached #3 on the charts. Other recordings which she made include more duets with Tony Martin and with Lisa Kirk. See also: 1947 in music, other events of 1948, 1949 in music and the list of years in music. // Events Aldeburgh Festival is founded by Benjamin Britten, Eric Crozier and Peter Pears. ... Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann AG) completed in August 2004. ... Tony Martin (born December 25, 1913) is an American actor and traditional pop singer. ...

In the early 1950s, after a number of her RCA records failed to chart, she moved to MGM Records. She had a number of records for MGM, making her last chart hit in 1953 with "It's Anybody's Heart." MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio in 1946. ... See also: 1952 in music, other events of 1953, 1954 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events Arthur Bliss replaces Arnold Bax as Master of the Queens Musick. ...

In the 1950s she also started to play in musical comedy, performing in "The Pajama Game" in the mid-1950s and later playing the title role in "Mame." She did not neglect her band singing, touring with Harry James in the 1960s. ...

External references

• Bio on The Interlude Era site
• Bio on The Iceberg site