Blossom Margrete Dearie Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Margrethe Blossom Dearie (April 28, 1924 – February 7, 2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist, often performing in the bebop genre and remembered for her light and girlish voice. One of the last supper club performers, she performed regular engagements in London and New York City over many years.
She is interred at the Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery in Middle Village, Queens, New York.
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Name given as Margrete B. Dearie in the Social Security Death Index.
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In the 1970s she lent her voice to the children's educational program Schoolhouse Rock! (1973) on songs, including "Mother Necessity," "Figure Eight" and "Unpack Your Adjectives".
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In the 1970s major record labels were switching to rock-'n'-roll and showed little interest in her work. She started her own label, Daffodil Records, in 1974 and one of her early albums, "My New Celebrity Is You," included eight of her own compositions. The album's title number was written by Johnny Mercer and is believed to be one of his last compositions before his death in 1976. Since she left Capitol Records, Daffodil has released all of her albums.
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She moved to New York in the 1940s to pursue a serious musical career and was hired by Woody Herman to sing with his Blue Flames, a vocal group within his big band. In the early 1950s, she moved to Paris and formed an eight-member vocal group, The Blue Stars.
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Dearie studied classical music as a child, switched to jazz as a teenager and played with her high school dance band.
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Owns her own record label, Daffodil Records, which has released all of her music after she left Capitol/EMI Records in the mid-1960s.
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Started the group The Blue Flames of Paris, which later became the legendary The Swingle Singers.
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She married Belgian jazz woodwind player Bobby Jaspar after meeting him during her time working in Paris in the mid-'50s.
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She was named Blossom because her brothers carried pear blossoms into the house when she was born.
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As well as a singer, she is jazz pianist of immaculate taste and technique who invariably accompanies her own performances, alone or with her trio/quartet.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Originals
2014
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Blacklist
2014
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi?
2012
TV Movie performer: "Plus je t'embrasse"
Seven Psychopaths
2012
performer: "Inside a Silent Tear" / writer: "Inside a Silent Tear"
Call the Midwife
2012
TV Series performer - 1 episode
American Casino
2009
Documentary "The Party's Over"
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
2008
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Nobel Son
2007
performer: "Just One of Those Things Brazilian Girls Remix"
Gilmore Girls
2005
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Squid and the Whale
2005
performer: "Figure 8"
Histoire de Marie et Julien
2003
performer: "Our Day Will Come"
My Life Without Me
2003
performer: "Try Your Wings"
Crossing Jordan
2002
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Kissing Jessica Stein
2001
performer: "Put on a Happy Face", "I Wish You Love"
$14 Million
