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Georgia Lee (died 23 April 2010) was a jazz and blues singer from Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Born as Dulcie Rama Pitt, her father was of Jamaican descent and her mother was Indian, Australian Aboriginal, Islander and Scottish. With her sisters Sophie and Heather Pitt, she formed the Harmony Sisters and performed as part of the U.S. Service Office Show, touring Queensland to entertain US troops during World War II. After the war she took the name Georgia Lee and moved south to work in the cities and later in the United Kingdom.〔''Courier Mail'' (Northern stars )〕 She performed and recorded with many artists and bands including Graeme Bell, Geraldo, Bruce Clarke, Port Jackson Jazz Band, George Trevare and the Max Williams Quintet.〔 and toured with Nat King Cole.〔 She performed on TV on Graham Kennedy's ''In Melbourne Tonight''〔 and Bandstand〔National Film and Sound Archive (Sounds of Australia registry )〕 Lee is credited with being the first Indigenous Australian artist to record blues songs. 〔''The Age'' (No slippin' away after ARIAs for Max Merritt )〕 Her 1962 album ''Georgia Lee Sings the Blues Down Under'' may have been only the second album to be released by an Australian woman〔 and was the first Australian album recorded in stereo. Arranged by Brian Martin, the album features Raphael Melevende on trumpet (1933-2015), Jack Glenn on trombone, Alec Hutchison on clarinet and tenor sax, Ron Rosenberg on piano, John Frederick on bass, Horrie Weems on guitar and Alan Turnbull playing drums. In 2009 it was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry.〔 ==Death== Lee died on 23 April 2010, aged 89, in a Cairns nursing home.〔Jackson, Andra: (Jazz singer Georgia Lee dies ), ''The Age'', 27 April 2010.〕 Her niece, Wilma Reading, is a singer in her own right.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Georgia Lee (singer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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