Virtue Hampton Whitted

Virtue Hampton Whitted (b. February 22 1922, Middletown, Ohio - d. January 17 2007, Indianapolis, Indiana) was a jazz singer and bassist.

In 1938 she moved to Indianapolis, Indiana and later formed the Hampton Sisters with her two sisters. [ [http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070118/NEWS09/70118028 Journal and Courier Online] ] She became a major figure in Indianapolis's jazz community and the Hampton Sisters were inducted into the Indianapolis Jazz hall of fame in 1999. [ [http://www.indianapolisjazz.org/mainpages/hall_of_fame.htmIndiana Jazz Foundation] ]

She died January 17 2007 in Indianapolis, Indiana, aged 84, one week after suffering a stroke. She was the mother of jazz trumpeter Pharez Whitted and the sister of trombonist Slide Hampton.

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