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Beverly Jenkins

American singer in the orchestra of [a326469]. Born: 2 February 1914 in Bristow, Oklahoma, USA. Died: December 1996. Sister of [a=Judy Freeland]. She is credited as Beverly Mahr in 1953 on the [i]Seven Dreams LP (Decca DL 9011)[/i]. She married Jenkins, and they had a son. In 1964, Beverly Jenkins recorded an album for Impulse! entitled [i]Gordon Jenkins Presents My Wife The Blues Singer[/i]. Prior to Jenkins, she was married to songwriter [a=Herman Carl "Curley" Mahr] (m. 1937) Her name then is sometimes misspelled "Maher".