Carol Sloane
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Carol Sloane (born 1937 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a jazz singer who has been singing professionallly since she was 14, although for a time in the 1970s she worked as a legal secretary in Raleigh, North Carolina.[1]
One of her early efforts was working with Les and Larry Elgart's orchestra. Later she filled in for Ross of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. By 1961 she had success at the Newport Jazz Festival, which led to albums for Columbia Records.[2] Her career stalled for a time in the 1970s, but rebounded by the 1980s. She later signed with Concord Records and had some successes touring in Japan. In 1986 she married Buck Spurr.[3]
