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New Orleans-born blues singer Lizzie Miles began her career singing in her home town with a variety of jazz bands, including those of Bryan James Oliver (aka King Oliver) and Kid Ory. She also sang in what were known as "tent shows" in the American South, had an act in vaudeville and even joined a circus as a singer. She sang everything from pop to jazz to blues, and eventually left New Orleans for Chicago, which had a thriving blues scene, and sang at a variety of clubs and cabarets there. She left Chicago for New York City and even moved to Paris, France, for a while, but returned to New York.
She had begun recording in 1921, first with Okeh Records and later with Victor, Columbia and Emerson. In the 1930s she returned to New Orleans and retired. She did come out of retirement for a while in the 1950s and recorded a few albums with the Bob Scobey band, and in 1958 she appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival.
She died of a heart attack in New Orleans in 1963.- Thomas Lennon was born on 10 May 1896 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a writer, known for We Go Fast (1941), The Crowd Roars (1938) and Criminal Lawyer (1937). He died on 17 March 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
Ray Creighton was born on 25 May 1901 in Wesington Springs, South Dakota, USA. He was an actor. He died on 17 March 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Vsevolod Kupetskiy was born on 12 February 1910 in Petropavlovka, Astrahkan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Astrakhan oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Shel Soldat s fronta (1939). He died on 17 March 1963 in Arkhangelsk, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Mien Erfmann-Sasbach was born on 28 October 1875 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Oorlog en vrede - 1914 (1918). She died on 17 March 1963 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.