Draft:Frances Ishihara White
Frances Ishihara White (born 1927) is Japanese American jazz singer and producer of the self titled album, "Chickie."[1] A big band singer in the 1940s and 1950s[2], she performed in southern California with the Tets Bessho Band and the Jimmy Araki Band. She recorded her first album at age 85, 56 years after her last public performance.
Early life and education[edit]
Born in Puyallup, Washington she moved to a logging camp in Enumclaw for her father's work as a logger. As an immigrant from Japan, the family was tied to the company through debt to the store, a typical practice of businesses during the Depression[3]. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, a U.S. naval base in Hawaii, White's family was forcibly removed to an internment camp in the desert of southern Idaho[3].
Her singing career began in Minidoka, an internment camp that imprisoned Japanese Americans during World War II.[2]
Career[edit]
Personal Life[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Gribbin, Eddie (3 Aug 2012). "85-year-old woman releases jazz album 56 years after her last performance". Bucks County Courier Times: Web Edition Articles (PA). Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ a b Parrish, Susan (26 July 2012). "Chickie Sings Out". The Columbian. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ a b Beland, Peter (12 August 2012). "Chickie Croons the Classics". The Oregonian.