Spoiler : Born in Baltimore, Maryland 4/7/1915; died 7/17/1959 of a liver ailment and heart failure in New York City. Married and divorced to trumpet player Joe Guy (?-?); Louis McKay (?-1959 her death). African-American Jazz singer with bands of Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Teddy Wilson. On radio during the 1930's with those bands before she began a solo career in 1940. Known for recording's of songs including Strange Fruit (1939) and God Bless The Child (1941). Guest star on television programs including The Seven Lively Arts for CBS (1957). A documentary of her life was presented on American Masters by PBS in 1986.