Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and who was regarded by many as Britain’s ...

Versatile vocalist straddled jazz, classical, pop and musical theatre with four-octave range, and collaborated for decades ...

British singer Cleo Laine, one of the most distinctive voices in jazz, died on Friday, July 25, 2025, at age 97. In this ...

I don’t consider myself a jazz singer… I’m a singer of songs,” said the vocal star, who won a Grammy in the Best Female Jazz ...

Dame Cleo Laine, a virtuosic singer, glided across British tv screens in the 1960s and 1970s, a symbol of the free-spirited ...

Veteran jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine, famed for her scat singing style, has died at the age of 97. Nicknamed the First Lady of ...

Renowned Jazz singer Cleo Laine has passed away aged 97. The news of Laine’s death was announced by The Stables, an arts ...

I don’t consider myself a jazz singer… I’m a singer of songs,” said the vocal star, who won a Grammy in the Best Female Jazz ...

Dame Cleo made her debut at the Concorde in 2007, in a star-studded evening marking the club's 50th anniversary. Five years ...

Dame Cleo Laine, the Grammy-winning jazz singer renowned for her astonishing vocal range, scat singing mastery, and ...

She sang the songs of Kurt Weill, Arnold Schoenberg and Robert Schumann; she acted on stage and on film, and even played God ...