Re: [ARSCLIST] Mystery singer -- who is this lady?

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Correct-o! "Leslie (Uggams) Crayne" is how she's listed in the MGM books....anyone know
if Crayne is her real name and Uggams a nickname that stuck, or if MGM didn't think
Uggams would look good on the label?

dl

Jeanette Berard wrote:

> Leslie Crayne?
>
> Jeanette Berard, MLS, CA
> Special Collections Librarian
> Thousand Oaks Library System
> (805) 449-2660 xt228
> jberard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >>> dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx 03/09/06 03:46PM >>>
> Don Tait wrote:
>
> >   I'd forgotten about Leslie Uggams too, but mention of her made memories of
> > her flash back instantly from late-night television in the fifties and
> > possibly early sixties. Probably "The Tonight Show" with Steve Allen and then Jack
> > Paar. I remember her as a very attractive young woman with an exquisitely
> > beautiful singing voice.
> >
> >   Don Tait
>
> For a used subway transfer, what is the name by which she first appeared on records,
> age 10?
>
> dl