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Bertice Reading

Jazz and rhythm & blues singer, born July 22, 1933 in Chester, Pennsylvania, died June 8, 1991 in London, England. Reading began her career in show business dancing with Bill “Bojangles” Robinson when she was three years old. Vocalist in Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra in the mid-1950s. Recorded rhythm & blues for Victor 1953-1954.