Maxine Sullivan

Maxine Sullivan
Sullivan at the Village Jazz Lounge in Walt Disney World, 1975
Background information
Birth name	Marietta Williams
Born	May 13, 1911(1911-05-13) Homestead, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	April 7, 1987(1987-04-07) (aged 75) New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, blues

Maxine Sullivan (May 13, 1911 – April 7, 1987)^[1], born Marietta Williams, was an American blues and jazz singer.

She was born in Homestead, Pennsylvania, and married jazz musician John Kirby in 1938 (divorced 1941), and stride pianist Cliff Jackson in 1956. Sullivan often performed vocals for John Kirby's sextet, and in 1937 recorded what would become her signature tune, a swing version of the Scottish ballad 'Loch Lomond'.

Sullivan died in 1987 in New York.^[1][2] She was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1998.

Film credits

• 1938 - Going Places
• 1939 - St. Louis Blues

Theater credits

• 1939 - Swingin' the Dream
• 1979 - My Old Friends

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Allmusic biography
2. ^ Dead Rock Stars File

External links

• Maxine Sullivan at Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Sullivan, Maxine
Alternative names
Short description	American blues and jazz singer
Date of birth	May 13, 1911
Place of birth	Homestead, Pennsylvania
Date of death	April 7, 1987
Place of death	New York City