Teddi King - Am I Blue

Teddi King, in a performance on "Playboy After Dark" (circa 1959), displays the enchanting qualities that made her such a special favorite of devotees of Jazz & the Great American Songbook standards, throughout her career and up to the present, 30 years after her untimely passing from lupus. in 1977.

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[Arreanna Jaye]

My grandma was her cousin. No lie. She was a jazz singer as well. Please check out my music channel; I'm an 18-year old aspiring musician ;-) I've just been accepted to Berklee in Boston, so I kind of want to return to my old jazz roots.

[JazzVocalFan]

Arreanna, I'm glad this video I posted 4 years ago led you to reach out & share that interesting info. I sure wish you all the best in your education, career & life in general. Tom Pierce (JazzVocalFan)

[Arreanna Jaye]

She was amazing though. Wow. Her coloring is impeccable. Where did you get all of these videos?

[JazzVocalFan]

An old friend of mine, Hal Miller, whose been doing Jazz Video presentations for many years) copied them for me. I haven't been putting any more up on Youtube for several years as I've been busy with other activities; but am glad you liked that one.  Tom Pierce.

[greenuptime]

THANK YOU for posting Teddi King on YouTube! I have been patiently waiting for her to appear. I believe that I own everything she recorded, but have never actually SEEN her singing. What a treat to watch her in action. Don't you have any more you could post???

[JazzVocalFan]

I have perhaps one or two others only, which I will get to eventually. I hasve quite a few singers I want to upload, which is a time-consuming process to isolate, convert to avi & than upload; and I have quite a few other music activities I'm committed to. Glad you enjoyed it.

[DazzledNessieCullen]

Gosh, I am 13, and wish I could.t go back in time. Just live in the 1920's its so amazing.

-The music

-The Dress

-The Hair

-The People

[Bobzeaux]

Man, seeing video footage from the 50s is just weird. O_o *lol*

[Jerry ODell]

I have been a fan of Ms. King since 1960 or so. I've never heard so perfect intonation,

taste, and a lovely voice. Pretty girl, too.

I'm glad they releasing these old recordings. I used to slip in one on an overnight show,

when I was a night time man at a radio station. Jerry O'Dell

[MrFireplugcole]

One of my favorite singers! So great to see her here.

[AliceMoving]

Yeah the 1920s were cool. The decade of this video, the 1950s, was nice as well. ;^P

[Cledus2000]

The was also on Coral. I just found a pretty early record of hers called "All the Kings' Songs."