Word: rinker
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sing big if I wanted to." But if her voice was one of the smallest around, it was also the sweetest and the sighing-est; and she had a natural rhythm to her phrasing that made her (with the Rhythm Boys-Bing Crosby, Harry Barris and her brother Al Rinker) one of the idols of the early '30s. Since those days, many of Mildred's old records have become collectors' items...
Died. Mildred Bailey (real name: Rinker), 48, blues-moaning jazz singer, whose trademark was Rockin' Chair; of a heart ailment; in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Half Coeur d'Alêne Indian, she got her start at 17, plugging tunes in a Seattle store for $10 a week, became a radio star with Paul Whiteman's orchestra (1929-34), made records, which have since become collector's items, with most of the leading jazzmen of her day (including ex-Husband Red Norvo...