Frances Wayne
Frances Wayne
Top Songs
| 1 | Mad About The Boy | ||
| 2 | Siboney | ||
| 3 | Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe [From Film: "Cabin In The Sky"] | ||
| 4 | Soft Winds | ||
| 5 | Caravan |
Albums
Jul 2005 • 12 songs
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About
Biography
Vocalist Frances Wayne recorded with the bands of Charlie Barnet and Woody Herman before joining a band formed by her husband, Neal Hefti (another Herman alum), beginning in the mid-'40s.
Born in 1924, Wayne moved to New York as a teenager and sang with a group led by her brother, the saxophonist Nick Jerret. Shortly thereafter she began working with tenor saxophonist Charlie Barnet's band, recording a version of "That Old Black Magic" in 1942. She joined Woody Herman's big band -- Herman's Herd -- the next year. While with Herman, Wayne married arranger/trumpeter Neil Hefti,...