Ina Ray Hutton

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Blue Skies 03:40 Tools
King Porter Stomp (September 18. 1943 Doehler Die Casting Batavia N.Y.) 03:40 Tools
Remember 03:11 Tools
Cabin In The Sky 02:34 Tools
Star Eyes 03:36 Tools
Hallelujah 02:40 Tools
It Can't Be Wrong 02:23 Tools
Besame Mucho (March 13. 1944 Meritime Training Camp St. Petersburg. Fl) 03:16 Tools
Truckin' 02:30 Tools
Angry 04:26 Tools
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To 02:23 Tools
Tess' Torch Song 03:36 Tools
Ring 'Dem Bells (March 13. 1944 Meritime Training Camp St. Petersburg. Fl) 03:49 Tools
In My Arms 02:43 Tools
Rose Room 04:24 Tools
King Porter Stomp 02:11 Tools
Wild Party 03:14 Tools
Blue Skies (June 30. 1943 Naval Air Station Quanset Point R.I.) 02:23 Tools
That Old Black Magic 02:43 Tools
Remember (June 1. 1943 Naval Air Station Miami Florida) 02:23 Tools
Besame Mucho 03:17 Tools
What's The Good Of Moonlight 02:19 Tools
Georgia's Gorgeous Gal 03:01 Tools
Swannee River 03:17 Tools
Make Me Know It 02:08 Tools
Ring 'Dem Bells 03:49 Tools
Cabin In the Sky (April 13. 1943 Ft. Monroe Virginia) 03:36 Tools
That Old Black Magic (June 30. 1943 Naval Air Station Quanset Point R.I.) 02:43 Tools
Star Eyes (September 18. 1943 Doehler Die Casting Batavia N.Y.) 02:43 Tools
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (April 13. 1943 Ft. Monroe Virginia) 02:43 Tools
Angry (April 13. 1943 Ft. Monroe Virginia) 03:01 Tools
Swannee River (April 13. 1943 Ft. Monroe Virginia) 03:01 Tools
King Porter Stomp (feat. The Ina Ray Hutton Orchestra, Stuart Forster & Kim Loo Sisters) 04:27 Tools
Witch Doctor 02:55 Tools
Hallelujah (April 13. 1943 Ft. Monroe Virginia) 03:17 Tools
It Can't Be Wrong (June 1. 1943 Naval Air Station Miami Florida) 03:17 Tools
And I Still Do 04:27 Tools
Ring Dem Bells 02:19 Tools
Rose Room (March 13. 1944 Meritime Training Camp St. Petersburg. Fl) 04:27 Tools
In My Arms (September 18. 1943 Doehler Die Casting Batavia N.Y.) 04:27 Tools
All Of Me 02:08 Tools
Nobody's Sweetheart 02:08 Tools
Tess' Torch Song (March 13. 1944 Meritime Training Camp St. Petersburg. Fl) 02:55 Tools
Twenty-Four Hours In Georgia 02:19 Tools
I'm 100% For You 02:08 Tools
High Steppin' 02:19 Tools
Back In Your Own Backyard 02:19 Tools
A Handful Of Stars 02:19 Tools
Devil's Kitchen 01:52 Tools
How's About Tomorrow Night 02:16 Tools
Hobo On Park Avenue 02:16 Tools
How's About Tomorrow Night? 02:16 Tools
Struttin' With The Ladies 02:19 Tools
Five O'clock Whistle 02:16 Tools
Jazznocracy 02:19 Tools
I'm A Hundred Percent For You 02:19 Tools
Suzi-Q 02:16 Tools
Earthquake 02:19 Tools
Don't Tetch It 02:16 Tools
Blues In The Groove 02:16 Tools
Melodear Swing 02:16 Tools
Nobody's Sweetheart Now 02:16 Tools
Medley: Stardust|Organ Grinder's Swing 02:16 Tools
The Melodears Swing 02:16 Tools
Blue Moon 02:16 Tools
Tess' Torch Song (I Had A Man) 02:16 Tools
Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet 02:16 Tools
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Ina Ray Hutton (March 13, 1916 – February 19, 1984) was an American female leader during the Big band era, and sister to June Hutton. Hutton was born as Odessa Cowan in Chicago, Illinois. She and her parents were identified as "negro" or "mulatto" by census takers. She began dancing and singing in stage revues at the age of eight. Cowan's mother Marvel Ray was a local pianist and entertainer in Chicago. She attended Hyde Park High School on the South Side of Chicago. In the 1930s she appeared on Broadway in George White's Scandals and The Ziegfeld Follies. In 1934 she was asked by vaudeville agent Alex Hyde to lead an all-girl orchestra, the Melodears, which featured musicians including trumpet player Frances Klein, pianist Ruth Lowe Sandler, saxophonist Jane Cullum, guitarist Marian Gange, trumpeter Mardell "Owen" Winstead and trombonist Alyse Wells during its existence. Hutton and her Melodears were one of the first all-girl bands to be filmed for Paramount shorts including Accent on Girls and Swing Hutton Swing and Hollywood feature films under the management of national booking agent Irving Mills. The group disbanded in 1939. In 1940 she led an all-male orchestra that was featured in the film Even Since Venus (1944); it was disbanded in 1946. During the 1950s, she returned to the all-girl format for variety television programs including the Ina Ray Hutton Show for a local station on the West Coast. She married and divorced Lou Parris, Randy Brooks and Michael Anter. Her fourth husband, Jack Curtis, preceded her in death. She retired from music in 1968 and died in 1984 of complications from diabetes, aged 67. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.