Teri Thornton
Jazz singer Teri Thornton was a favorite of critics in the '60s and after a three decade-long year hiatus, returned to performing in the '90s amid critical acclaim. She's best known for singing "Somewhere in the Night," the theme of detective TV series The Naked City, starring Paul Burke.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, she began performing in local jazz clubs in the '50s. Moving to New York in '60s, she got into singing on national ad jingles and recorded for different record labels. On her Devil May Care LP, the impressive lineup was trumpeter Clark Terry, guitarists Freddie Green and Sam Herman, sax players Earl Warren and Seldon Powell, trombonist Britt Woodman, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Sam Jones, drummer Jimmy Cobb and arranger Norman Simmons. To find more work, Thornton journeyed to Los Angeles. Returning to New York in 1983, the singer found steady work in jazz clubs.
Thorton also won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in the Vocal category with her rendition of "I'll Be Easy To Find" in 1998. That same year, she was diagnosed with cancer. Winning the competition bolstered her career leading to a new recording, I'll Be Easy To Find after more than three decades. At the age of 65, Thornton died of complications from bladder cancer at Englewood Hospital in Englewood, NJ on May 2, 2000.
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Discografia
13 álbum(ns) • Ordenado por Mais vendidos
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Devil May Care
Jazz - Lançado por Riverside em 01/01/1976
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I'll Be Easy to Find
Jazz - Lançado por VERVE em 12/10/1999
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Lullaby of the Leaves. The Voice of Teri Thornton. Devil May Care / Somewhere in the Night
Jazz - Lançado por Fresh Sound Records em 08/12/2016
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Sings Open Highway (The Theme from "Route 66") [Expanded Edition]
Pop - Lançado por Columbia - Legacy em 14/10/1963
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Devil May Care
Jazz - Lançado por CoolNote em 01/01/1976
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Somewhere In The Night (Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por RevOla em 15/10/2021
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Lullaby of Birdland
Jazz - Lançado por SKYLARK RECORDS em 10/11/2017
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Lullaby Of The Leaves / Devil May Care (feat. Clark Terry / Wynton Kelly) (All Tracks Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por Hit Singles Records em 07/07/2020
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Devil May Care (Album of 1961)
Teri Thornton, Orchestra Norman Simmons
Pop - Lançado por Vocal Classics em 31/10/2019
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Dancing in the Dark / Detour Ahead (All Tracks Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por Hit Singles Records em 07/09/2020
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Somewhere in the Night (Album of 1963)
Teri Thornton, Orchestra Larry Wilcox
Pop - Lançado por Vocal Classics em 31/10/2019
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Teri Thornton Sings Open Highway (The Theme from "Route 66") (Album of 1963)
Teri Thornton, Orchestra Larry Wilcox
Pop - Lançado por Vocal Classics em 31/10/2019
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