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{{Short description|American jazz singer}}
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| occupation = Singer | occupation = Singer
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'''Susannah McCorkle''' (January 4, 1946 – May 19, 2001) was an American jazz singer. '''Susannah McCorkle''' (January 1, 1946 – May 19, 2001) was an American jazz singer.


==Biography== ==Life and career==
McCorkle was born in ], California, on January 4, 1946. She moved often because her father was an anthropologist who worked at colleges throughout the U.S. During the 1960s, she studied Italian literature at the University of California at Berkeley, then dropped out and moved to Paris. She was inspired to become a singer when she heard ] sing "I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues". She began her career in the early 1970s by singing at pubs in London with bandleader ].<ref name="Holden">{{cite web|last1=Holden|first1=Stephen|title=Susannah McCorkle, 55, Pop-Jazz Singer|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/21/arts/susannah-mccorkle-55-pop-jazz-singer.html|website=The New York Times|accessdate=5 November 2017|date=21 May 2001}}</ref> She also worked in London with ] and ] and recorded her first two albums, one a tribute to ], the other to ].<ref name="Yanow">{{cite web|last1=Yanow|first1=Scott|title=Susannah McCorkle|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/susannah-mccorkle-mn0000047134/biography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=5 November 2017}}</ref> A native of ], California, McCorkle studied Italian literature at the ] before dropping out to move to Europe.<ref name="Pogrebin">{{cite web |last1=Pogrebin |first1=Robin |title=A Brave Singer Who Finally Ran Out of Silver Linings |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/24/arts/a-brave-singer-who-finally-ran-out-of-silver-linings.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=3 September 2019 |date=24 May 2001}}</ref> She was inspired to become a singer when she heard ] sing "I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues". She began her career in the early 1970s by singing at pubs in London with bandleader ].<ref name="Holden">{{cite web|last1=Holden|first1=Stephen|title=Susannah McCorkle, 55, Pop-Jazz Singer|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/21/arts/susannah-mccorkle-55-pop-jazz-singer.html|website=The New York Times|accessdate=November 5, 2017|date=May 21, 2001}}</ref> She also worked in London with ] and ] and recorded her first two albums, one a tribute to ], the other to ].<ref name="Yanow">{{cite web|last1=Yanow|first1=Scott|title=Susannah McCorkle |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/susannah-mccorkle-mn0000047134/biography |website=AllMusic |accessdate=January 27, 2018 }}</ref>


After moving back to the U.S. in the 1970s, she sang at the Cookery in Greenwich Village<ref name="Holden" /> and the Riverboat in Manhattan.<ref name="Yanow" /> Later in her career she sang often at the ].<ref name="Prial">{{cite web|last1=Prial|first1=Dustan|title=Singer Susannah McCorkle Dead at 55|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=105049&page=1|website=ABC News|accessdate=5 November 2017|date=6 January 2006}}</ref> After moving back to the U.S. in the 1970s, she sang at the Cookery in Greenwich Village<ref name="Holden"/> and the Riverboat in Manhattan.<ref name="Yanow"/> Later in her career, she often sang at the ].<ref name="Prial">{{cite web|last1=Prial|first1=Dustan|title=Singer Susannah McCorkle Dead at 55|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=105049&page=1 |website=ABC News |accessdate=November 5, 2017|date=January 6, 2006}}</ref>


In 1988, PBS affiliate ] recorded the television special ''Susannah McCorkle and Friends: Jazz Meets Pop'' at ] in Schenectady, NY. It featured ], ], ] and ]. "The outstanding female jazz vocalist of her generation," said critic ], attending the recording.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Francis |title=Jazz and its Discontents |date=2009 |publisher=Hachette Books |isbn=978-0-7867-4981-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oF0FywuNqU4C&dq=Susannah+McCorkle+wmht&pg=PT79}}</ref>
'']'' magazine named ''How Do You Keep the Music Playing'' (1986) album of the year, while critic Leonard Feather named it vocal album of the year.<ref name="Prial" /> ''No More Blues'' (1988), her first album for ], was recorded with guitarists ] and ] and pianist ].<ref name="No More">{{cite web|last1=Yanow|first1=Scott|title=No More Blues| url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/no-more-blues-mw0000653469|website=AllMusic|accessdate=5 November 2017}}</ref>


Her writing was published in ''Cosmopolitan'', ''Newsday'', ''New York'', and the O. Henry Award Prize Stories.<ref name="Prial" /> ''No More Blues'' (1989), her first album for ], was recorded with guitarists ] and ] and pianist ].<ref name="No More">{{cite web |last1=Yanow |first1=Scott |title=No More Blues|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/no-more-blues-mw0000653469|website=AllMusic|accessdate=November 5, 2017}}</ref> Her writing was published in ''Cosmopolitan'', ''Newsday'', ''New York'', and the O. Henry Award Prize Stories.<ref name="Prial"/>


'']'' magazine named ''How Do You Keep the Music Playing'' (1985) as the album of the year, while critic Leonard Feather named it the vocal album of the year.<ref name="Prial"/>
McCorkle committed suicide at the age of 55 by jumping from the window of her apartment in Manhattan.<ref name="Holden" /><ref name="Prial" />


⚫ A ] survivor, McCorkle suffered for many years from ]. She died by suicide at age 55 by leaping off the balcony of her apartment at 41 West 86th Street in Manhattan. She was alone in her home at the time. The police immediately entered her home after identifying her body and found no evidence of foul play. Suicide was ruled the cause of death.<ref name=nymag>{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/music/jazz/reviews/6064/|title=Jazz Bird|last=Blair|first=Gwenda|website=New York Magazine|date=May 27, 2002|accessdate=June 3, 2009}}</ref>
==Death==
⚫ A ] survivor, McCorkle suffered for many years from ] and committed suicide at age 55 by leaping off the balcony of her apartment at 41 West 86th Street in Manhattan. She was alone in her home at the time. The police immediately entered her home after identifying her body and found no foul play. Suicide was ruled the manner of death.<ref name=nymag>{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/music/jazz/reviews/6064/|title=Jazz Bird|last=Blair|first=Gwenda|publisher=New York Magazine|date=May 27, 2002|accessdate=June 3, 2009}}</ref>

⚫ ''Haunted Heart'', a biography of Susannah McCorkle written by Linda Dahl, was published in September 2006 by University of Michigan Press.


==Discography== ==Discography==
* 1980 ''Over the Rainbow: The Songs of E. Y. Yip Harburg'' (]) * ''The Music of Harry Warren'' (Inner City, 1976)
* 1981 ''The Songs of Johnny Mercer'' (Inner City) * ''The Quality of Mercer'' (Inner City, 1980)
* 1981 ''The People That You Never Get to Love'' (Inner City) * ''Over the Rainbow: The Songs of E.Y. 'Yip' Harburg'' (Inner City, 1981)
* 1981 ''The Music of Harry Warren'' (Inner City) * ''The People That You Never Get to Love'' (Inner City, 1981)
* 1984 ''Thanks for the Memory: The Songs of Leo Robin'' (]) * ''Thanks for the Memory: Songs of Leo Robin'' (Pausa, 1984)
* 1985 ''How Do You Keep the Music Playing?'' (Pausa) * ''How Do You Keep the Music Playing?'' (Pausa, 1985)
* 1986 ''Dream'' (Pausa) * ''Dream'' (Pausa, 1987)
* 1988 ''No More Blues'' (]) * ''As Time Goes by'' (CBS/Sony, 1987)
* 1990 ''Sabia'' (Concord Jazz) * ''No More Blues'' (Concord Jazz, 1989)
* 1992 ''I'll Take Romance'' (Concord Jazz) * ''Sabia'' (Concord Jazz, 1990)
* 1993 '']'' (Concord Jazz) * ''I'll Take Romance'' (Concord Jazz, 1992)
* 1994 ''From Broadway to Bebop'' (Concord Jazz) * '']'' (Concord Jazz, 1993)
* 1995 ''Easy to Love: The Songs of Cole Porter'' (Concord Jazz) * ''From Broadway to Bebop'' (Concord Jazz, 1994)
* 1997 ''Let's Face the Music: The Songs of Irving Berlin'' (Concord Jazz) * ''Easy to Love: The Songs of Cole Porter'' (Concord Jazz, 1996)
* 1998 ''Someone to Watch Over Me: The Songs of George Gershwin'' (Concord Jazz) * ''Let's Face the Music: The Songs of Irving Berlin'' (Concord Jazz, 1997)
* 1999 '']'' (Concord Jazz) * ''Someone to Watch Over Me: The Songs of George Gershwin'' (Concord Jazz, 1998)
* 2000 '']'' (Concord Jazz) * '']'' (Concord Jazz, 1999)
* 2002 '']'' (Concord Jazz) * '']'' (Concord Jazz, 2000)
* ''Most Requested Songs'' (Concord Jazz, 2001)
* 2015 ''Adeus: The Berlin Concert'' (Sonorama)<ref name="AM discog">{{cite web|title=Susannah McCorkle {{!}} Album Discography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/susannah-mccorkle-mn0000047134/discography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=2 February 2017}}</ref>
* '']'' (Concord Jazz, 2002)
* ''The Beginning: 1975'' (Challenge, 2002)
* ''Adeus: The Berlin Concert'' (Sonorama, 2015)

==Biography==
⚫ ''Haunted Heart'' by Linda Dahl (University of Michigan Press, 2006).


== References == ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
* Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts * Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
* {{Find a Grave|22887}}
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American jazz singer

Susannah McCorkle
Born(1946-01-01)January 1, 1946
Berkeley, California, U.S.
DiedMay 19, 2001(2001-05-19) (aged 55)
New York City
GenresJazz, vocal jazz
OccupationSinger
Years active1970s–2001
LabelsInner City, Pausa, Concord Jazz
Musical artist

Susannah McCorkle (January 1, 1946 – May 19, 2001) was an American jazz singer.

Life and career

A native of Berkeley, California, McCorkle studied Italian literature at the University of California at Berkeley before dropping out to move to Europe. She was inspired to become a singer when she heard Billie Holiday sing "I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues". She began her career in the early 1970s by singing at pubs in London with bandleader John Chilton. She also worked in London with Keith Ingham and Dick Sudhalter and recorded her first two albums, one a tribute to Harry Warren, the other to Johnny Mercer.

After moving back to the U.S. in the 1970s, she sang at the Cookery in Greenwich Village and the Riverboat in Manhattan. Later in her career, she often sang at the Algonquin Hotel.

In 1988, PBS affiliate WMHT recorded the television special Susannah McCorkle and Friends: Jazz Meets Pop at Proctors in Schenectady, NY. It featured Gerry Mulligan, Mark Murphy, Gene Bertoncini and Michael Moore. "The outstanding female jazz vocalist of her generation," said critic Francis Davis, attending the recording.

No More Blues (1989), her first album for Concord Jazz, was recorded with guitarists Emily Remler and Bucky Pizzarelli and pianist Dave Frishberg. Her writing was published in Cosmopolitan, Newsday, New York, and the O. Henry Award Prize Stories.

Stereo Review magazine named How Do You Keep the Music Playing (1985) as the album of the year, while critic Leonard Feather named it the vocal album of the year.

A breast cancer survivor, McCorkle suffered for many years from depression. She died by suicide at age 55 by leaping off the balcony of her apartment at 41 West 86th Street in Manhattan. She was alone in her home at the time. The police immediately entered her home after identifying her body and found no evidence of foul play. Suicide was ruled the cause of death.

Discography

  • The Music of Harry Warren (Inner City, 1976)
  • The Quality of Mercer (Inner City, 1980)
  • Over the Rainbow: The Songs of E.Y. 'Yip' Harburg (Inner City, 1981)
  • The People That You Never Get to Love (Inner City, 1981)
  • Thanks for the Memory: Songs of Leo Robin (Pausa, 1984)
  • How Do You Keep the Music Playing? (Pausa, 1985)
  • Dream (Pausa, 1987)
  • As Time Goes by (CBS/Sony, 1987)
  • No More Blues (Concord Jazz, 1989)
  • Sabia (Concord Jazz, 1990)
  • I'll Take Romance (Concord Jazz, 1992)
  • From Bessie to Brazil (Concord Jazz, 1993)
  • From Broadway to Bebop (Concord Jazz, 1994)
  • Easy to Love: The Songs of Cole Porter (Concord Jazz, 1996)
  • Let's Face the Music: The Songs of Irving Berlin (Concord Jazz, 1997)
  • Someone to Watch Over Me: The Songs of George Gershwin (Concord Jazz, 1998)
  • From Broken Hearts to Blue Skies (Concord Jazz, 1999)
  • Hearts and Minds (Concord Jazz, 2000)
  • Most Requested Songs (Concord Jazz, 2001)
  • Ballad Essentials (Concord Jazz, 2002)
  • The Beginning: 1975 (Challenge, 2002)
  • Adeus: The Berlin Concert (Sonorama, 2015)

Biography

Haunted Heart by Linda Dahl (University of Michigan Press, 2006).

References

  1. Pogrebin, Robin (May 24, 2001). "A Brave Singer Who Finally Ran Out of Silver Linings". The New York Times. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  2. ^ Holden, Stephen (May 21, 2001). "Susannah McCorkle, 55, Pop-Jazz Singer". The New York Times. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  3. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Susannah McCorkle". AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  4. ^ Prial, Dustan (January 6, 2006). "Singer Susannah McCorkle Dead at 55". ABC News. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  5. Davis, Francis (2009). Jazz and its Discontents. Hachette Books. ISBN 978-0-7867-4981-2.
  6. Yanow, Scott. "No More Blues". AllMusic. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  7. Blair, Gwenda (May 27, 2002). "Jazz Bird". New York Magazine. Retrieved June 3, 2009.

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