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Mildred Bailey was a UsefulNotes/NativeAmerican jazz singer during the 1930s, known for her light soprano voice, clear articulation, and jazz phrasing. Raised on the Coeur d'Alene reservation in Idaho, She worked as a pianist in movie theatres, as a music clerk, and as a singer in speakeasies and by 1929, she was the vocalist in Paul Whiteman's orchestra.

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Mildred Bailey (February 27, 1907 - December 12, 1951) was a UsefulNotes/NativeAmerican jazz singer during the 1930s, singer, known for her light soprano voice, clear articulation, and jazz phrasing. Raised on the Coeur d'Alene reservation in Idaho, She worked as a pianist in movie theatres, as a music clerk, and as a singer in speakeasies and by 1929, she was the vocalist in Paul Whiteman's orchestra.



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** As stated above there were not as many Indigenous American jazz vocalist at the time either so she was a pioneer in that regard as well.

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** As stated above there were not as many Indigenous American jazz vocalist at the time either so she was a pioneer in that regard as well.well.

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Her repertoire included swing standards such as "For Sentimental Reasons", "It's So Peaceful in the Country", "Doin' The Uptown Lowdown", "Trust in Me", "Where Are You?", "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart", "Small Fry", "Please Be Kind", "Darn That Dream" and "Rockin' Chair".

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\nHer repertoire included swing standards such as "For Sentimental Reasons", "It's So Peaceful in the Country", "Doin' The Uptown Lowdown", "Trust in Me", "Where Are You?", "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart", "Small Fry", "Please Be Kind", "Darn That Dream" and "Rockin' Chair". \n She gained the FanNickname "Rockin' Chair Lady" for her rendition of the titular song.



* FanNickname: She gained the nickname "Rockin' Chair Lady" for her rendition of the titular song.

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* FanNickname: She gained {{Arcadia}}: "It's So Peaceful in the nickname Country" espouses the simple and quiet country, contrasted with the much busier cities with "too much stone, too much telephone, too much of everything but trees and hills".
* CallAndResponseSong:
"Rockin' Chair Lady" for her rendition of the titular song.Chair" is a call-and-response song between an old man and his son.
-->Old rockin' chair's got me\\
(Old rocking chair got you, father)\\
Cane by my side\\
(Your cane by your side)\\
Fetch me that gin, son\\
(I ain't got no gin, father)\\
'Fore I tan your hide\\
(You're gonna tan my hide)



* UrExample: Coming before greats such as Music/EllaFitzgerald and Music/BillieHoliday, she was this for female jazz musicians.

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* UrExample: TorchSong: "Darn That Dream", a sentimental song where the narrator still pines for a man she knows doesn't love her.
-->Darn that dream and bless it too\\
Without that dream, I never would have you\\
But it haunts me and it won't come true\\
Oh, darn that dream
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Coming before greats such as Music/EllaFitzgerald and Music/BillieHoliday, she was this for female jazz musicians.
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* MixedAncestry: She was half-white from her father's side, half Coeur d'Alene (Schi̲tsu'umsh) on her mother's side.

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Although, lesser known in the current era. She is generally lauded as one of the first non-black, non-white singers to have become a skilled jazz singer and one of the first Indigenous American jazz musicians at that. Given monikers such as "The Queen of Swing" and "Mrs. Swing" (to her husband, Red Norvo's "Mr. Swing"), in her heyday. Her repertoire included swing standards such as "For Sentimental Reasons", "It's So Peaceful in the Country", "Doin' The Uptown Lowdown", "Trust in Me", "Where Are You?", "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart", "Small Fry", "Please Be Kind", "Darn That Dream" and "Rockin' Chair".

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Although, lesser known in the current era. She is generally lauded as one of the first non-black, non-white singers to have become a skilled jazz singer and one of the first Indigenous American jazz musicians at that. Given monikers such as "The Queen of Swing" and "Mrs. Swing" (to her husband, Red Norvo's "Mr. Swing"), in her heyday.


Her repertoire included swing standards such as "For Sentimental Reasons", "It's So Peaceful in the Country", "Doin' The Uptown Lowdown", "Trust in Me", "Where Are You?", "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart", "Small Fry", "Please Be Kind", "Darn That Dream" and "Rockin' Chair".
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* UrExample: Coming before greets such as Music/EllaFitzgerald and Music/Billie holiday, she was this for female jazz musicians.

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* UrExample: Coming before greets greats such as Music/EllaFitzgerald and Music/Billie holiday, Music/BillieHoliday, she was this for female jazz musicians.
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Mildred Bailey was a UsefulNotes/NativeAmerican jazz singer during the 1930s, known for her light soprano voice, clear articulation, and jazz phrasing. Raised on the Coeur d'Alene reservation in Idaho, She worked as a pianist in movie theatres, as a music clerk, and as a singer in speakeasies and by 1929, she was the vocalist in Paul Whiteman's orchestra.

Although, lesser known in the current era. She is generally lauded as one of the first non-black, non-white singers to have become a skilled jazz singer and one of the first Indigenous American jazz musicians at that. Given monikers such as "The Queen of Swing" and "Mrs. Swing" (to her husband, Red Norvo's "Mr. Swing"), in her heyday. Her repertoire included swing standards such as "For Sentimental Reasons", "It's So Peaceful in the Country", "Doin' The Uptown Lowdown", "Trust in Me", "Where Are You?", "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart", "Small Fry", "Please Be Kind", "Darn That Dream" and "Rockin' Chair".

!!Tropes pertaining to Mildred Bailey
* FanNickname: She gained the nickname "Rockin' Chair Lady" for her rendition of the titular song.
* {{Jazz}}: A notable singer within the swing subgenre.
* MixedAncestry: She was half-white from her father's side, half Coeur d'Alene (Schi̲tsu'umsh) on her mother's side.
* UrExample: Coming before greets such as Music/EllaFitzgerald and Music/Billie holiday, she was this for female jazz musicians.
** As stated above there were not as many Indigenous American jazz vocalist at the time either so she was a pioneer in that regard as well.

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