Maxine Sullivan. Practicing a song in her apartment, New York, 1975

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Maxine Sullivan practicing a song in her apartment, New York, 1975.

Maxine Sullivan (by name Marietta Williams) was an American jazz vocalist and performer. As a vocalist, Sullivan was active for half a century, from the mid-1930s to just before her death in 1987. She is best known for her 1937 recording of a swing version of the Scottish folk song "Loch Lomond".
Throughout her career, Sullivan also appeared as a performer on film as well as on stage. A precursor to better-known later vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, Sullivan is considered one of the best jazz vocalists of the 1930s. Singer Peggy Lee named Sullivan as a key influence in several interviews.

b. May 13, 1911 in Homestead, Pennsylvania.
d. April 7, 1987 in New York.

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