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Mabel Mercer

As one of the finest cabaret singers of her era, Mabel Mercer had an intimate, composed way of storytelling that made her an idol to millions and huge influence on the likes of Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday and Nat King Cole. Born in 1900 in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, her father was a black American jazz musician who died before she was born and her mother was a white British vaudeville entertainer who played in music halls. By the age of 14 she was performing as a dancer and touring across Europe with her aunt, but her singing and precise, considered way of phras...