Ivie Anderson (sometimes Ivy) (January 16, 1904 - September 28, 1949) was a jazz performer and singer, best known as performing with Duke Ellington's band between 1931 and 1942. January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years). ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Jazz is a musical art form originally characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz composer, pianist and bandleader. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... This article is about the year. ...

Anderson was born in Gilroy, California. With a sweet clear singing voice, she was a popular attraction with Ellington's band. Her performance of Stormy Weather in the short film Bundle of Blues (1933) was eclipsed by the later and far better known version sung by Lena Horne in Horne's movie also entitled Stormy Weather (1943). Gilroy is a city located in Santa Clara County, California. ... Stormy Weather is a 1933 song written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler. ... Lena Horne photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941 Lena Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American popular singer. ...

She also appeared as a singer in the Marx Brothers movie A Day at the Races (1937) and the same year in Hit Parade of 1937(as Ivy Anderson). She also appeared in the 1933 movie, "A Bundle of Blues". The brothers in Hollywood: (left to right) Chico, Zeppo, Groucho, Harpo The Marx Brothers were a team of sibling comedians that played in vaudeville, stage plays, film and television. ... Code book scene A Day at the Races A Day at the Races (1937) is the seventh movie starring the three Marx Brothers, with Margaret Dumont, Allan Jones and Maureen OSullivan. ...

Other of Anderson's songs that were recorded include It Don’t Mean a Thing, My Old Flame, When My Sugar Walks Down the Street, Mood Indigo and I Got It Bad & That Ain’t Good. This article describes the jazz song; for its use as an English title of a Boris Vian novel, see LÉcume des Jours. ...

She developed chronic asthma, which forced her to retire in August 1942. She ran a chicken restaurant but continued singing in nightclubs on the west coast, but deteriorating health limited her engagements and led to her untimely death in Los Angeles, California. This article is about the year. ... A nightclub (or a dance club in the UK; usually shortened to club in the US) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ... The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish Los Ángeles , meaning the angels), also known as L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ...

External link

• For the Love of Ivie by Nat Hentoff