Pat Yankee
American jazz and blues singer

Pat Yankee

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American jazz and blues singer
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Female
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Birth:
1929
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Pat Yankee (born 1927) (born Patricia Weigum) is an American jazz and blues singer.

Yankee was born in Lodi, California and has had a long career as a performing musician. She was also in the 1946 film It's Great to Be Young as Anita. She performed in an off-Broadway musical Basin Street in 1983 (in the New Federal Theatre).

Discography

  • Pat Yankee Salutes Louis Armstrong (GHB, 1998)
  • Pat Yankee Sings Saloon Songs (GHB, 2000)
  • Salute to Saloon Tunes Vol. 2 (GHB, 2003)
  • Together at Last (GHB, 2004)
  • Remembering Sophie Tucker (GHB, 2005)

With Turk Murphy

  • Music for Wise Guys & Boosters, Card Sharps & Crap Shooters (Roulette, 1959)
  • At the Roundtable (Roulette, 1959)
  • Let the Good Times Roll (RCA Victor, 1962)