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Weslia Whitfield

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Aliases
Wesla Whitfield
Real name
Weslia Marie Edwards
Born
September 15, 1947
Died
February 9, 2018
Country
United States
Comments
Weslia Edwards is Whitfield's birth name. Whitfield is a jazz, cabaret and pop/jazz vocalist. She wad paralyzed from the waist down from 1977, when she was shot in San Francisco in what appears to have been a random act of violence. After 1998, the singer spelled her fist name "Wesla". She died of complications from bladder cancer.
Family
Mike Greensill Husband (1986 - Her Death)
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
2005 Ella Fitzgerald - Orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman
2003 Richard Davis
May 15, 1990 Blossom Dearie
  1980 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
  1980 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC
1988 Katherine Perry
June 20, 1995 (unknown), Kay Brown
1988 (unknown), Kay Brown
June 2006 Cilla Black
  1997 Frank Sinatra BRD,REC,REL
  1997 David Brooks and Marion Bell PRF, David Brooks and Marion Bell with Brigadoon Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers REC,REL
Along with me Weslia Whitfield 1991 Unverified
  September 1999 Jack Whiting PRF, Libby Holman REC,REL
  1997 Lena Horne and Avon Long PRF, Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt REC
1993 Clifton Webb
  2005 J. Harold Murray PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC,REL
2008 (unknown)
  2008 Pearl Bailey - Orchestra under the direction of Mitchell Ayres REL, Pearl Bailey PRF
  1993 Margaret Whiting with Chorus and Frank DeVol's Orchestra REC, Mary Martin PRF, Fran Warren with Orchestra conducted by Henri René REL
1993 Mark Fisher's Orchestra
  May 15, 1990 Bing Crosby BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra REL
  June 20, 1995 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Vivienne Segal PRF
1988 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Terry Shand
September 1999 Shirley Ross, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenneth Sargent
  January 2002 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
1980 Bing Crosby
1989 Bing Crosby
May 15, 1990 Jack Buchanan
  January 2002 Fred Astaire with Ray Noble and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
  January 2002 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
1994 Cyril Ritchard
1989 Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson, Chester Gaylord "The Whispering Serenader"
1997 The Ken Darby Singers - The King's Men
  June 2006 Sondheim REC, Eydie Gorme REL, Elizabeth Allen, Company PRF
May 15, 1990 Ethel Merman & Ronald Graham
  October 3, 2000 Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
1998 Billie Holiday
1993 The Orioles - Sid Bass Orch.
1998 Mildred Bailey
  1997 Katherine Perry PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC,REL
  June 2006 Tom Coakley and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Carl Ravazza REC, The Princeton University Triangle Club PRF
1987 The King Cole Trio
1993 Danny Kaye and Mary Jane Walsh
  1998 Nan Wynn PRF, Benny Goodman Quintet - Vocal Chorus by Peggy Mann REC
  1998 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
  1980 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
  May 15, 1990 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
1998 Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of Frank Comstock
  June 2006 Tamara PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC
i   1989 John Payne BRD, Bing Crosby and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Betty Barclay REL
  May 15, 1990 Doris Carson PRF, Bea Wain with Orchestra under the direction of Walter Gross REC
  September 1999 Doris Carson PRF, Bea Wain with Orchestra under the direction of Walter Gross REC
  June 20, 1995 Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra REC, Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REL, Marlene Dietrich BRD
Good-bye, Little Dream, Good-bye Weslia Whitfield with Mike Greensill Quartet, featuring Noel Jewkes 1989 Unverified
1991 Stubby Kaye & Johnny Silver
1997 Ramona and Her Grand Piano
1994 Ramona and Her Grand Piano
  1993 Jack Jones REC, Daniel Massey PRF
  1991 Jo Stafford REL, Nanette Fabray and Ray Middleton PRF
September 1999 Shannon Bolin with Milton Kaye and His Orchestra
October 3, 2000 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Helen Ward
January 2002 Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Clare Hanlon
1989 Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Clare Hanlon
June 20, 1995 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
  1998 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
  1994 Robert Morse, Charles Nelson Reilly and Paul Reed REC,REL,PRF
October 3, 2000 Dolores Valesco
  June 20, 1995 Douglas McPhail BRD, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Shirley Howard REC,REL
1994 Frank Sinatra
  1991 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & His Orchestra REL
  1998 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
  September 1999 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
1997 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
  1997 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC,REL, Frank Sinatra BRD
1989 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
1980 Gladys Swarthout & John Boles
  1988 Bing Crosby and Patty Andrews with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra REC,REL, Isabel Bigley PRF
  1987 Ethel Merman & Chorus REL, Ethel Merman PRF
  2003 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest BRD
  2005 Doretta Morrow and Larry Douglas PRF, Doretta Morrow and Larry Douglas with Orchestra REL
1993 Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
2003 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Paula Kelly and The Four Modernaires
2005 Freddie Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain Elmer Feldkamp
1997 Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt
1988 Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt
June 20, 1995 The King Cole Trio
June 20, 1995 Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson, Chester Gaylord "The Whispering Serenader"
June 20, 1995 King Oliver and His Orchestra
June 2006 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
June 20, 1995 Nat "King" Cole
  October 3, 2000 Fats Waller and Orchestra BRD, Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louis Armstrong REC
  1989 Fats Waller and Orchestra BRD, Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louis Armstrong REC
I'm the Caring Kind Benny Carter with Weslia Whiffield Vocal (Weslia Whitfield, Benny Carter) 1997 Unverified
  2008 Tony Bennett REC, Larry Blyden & Cathryn Damon PRF
1988 Diahann Carroll
2005 The Beatles
2005 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
1989 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
1987 Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REC, Evelyn Laye PRF, Enric Madriguera & His Hotel Weylin Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tony Sacco REC,REL, Georges Metaxa PRF
  1997 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
  1994 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
  1997 John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
1987 Dinah Shore with Orchestra
1993 Shirley Ross
  2003 Dick Hyman REL, Richard Kollmar and Jeanne Madden PRF
January 2002 (unknown)
1997 Jane Powell
September 1999 Bing Crosby
October 3, 2000 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louis Armstrong
  1997 Harry James and His Orchestra REL, Martha O'Driscoll [dubbed by Margaret Whiting] BRD
1994 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra - Vocal by Billy Eckstine
2003 Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
1997 Grace McDonald & Rolly Pickert
1997 Ruby Hill
  1988 Adele Dixon, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD, Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC
1987 Lil Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra
  1997 Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orch. REL, Sydney Chaplin and Judy Holliday PRF
  1998 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
  1991 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
1987 Mabel Mercer
  1998 Irving Aaronson and His Commanders REC, Irene Bordoni and Arthur Margetson PRF
1991 Dave Frishberg
  1997 Harold Arlen with Orchestral Acc. Dir. by Ray Sinatra REC, Art Jarrett BRD
  October 3, 2000 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra REC,REL, Mary Martin BRD
  1997 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby BRD
1993 Henry King and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Tony Russell
September 1999 Gloria Grafton
  1991 Lotte Lenya REC,REL, Todd Duncan PRF
1991 Don Elliott and His Orchestra with Irma Curry
  June 2006 Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish REC
  1993 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
2003 Teddi King
  September 1999 Sterling Holloway - June Cochran PRF, The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin] REC
2003 Dick Powell, The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD, Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra REC
1997 Claire Carleton, Priscilla Lane
January 2002 Fred Astaire with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra REL, Fred Astaire and Chorus BRD, Fred Astaire
  1997 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC,REL, Vivian Vance PRF
2003 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Castillo
2008 Carlton Dance Orchestra
  January 2002 Ethel Merman, John Garth III, Clyde Turner and Leon Bibb REL, Ethel Merman and "Moonshine Lullaby" Trio PRF
  1980 Sterling Holloway & Bobbie Perkins PRF, Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC
  1987 Ted Weems and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Arthur Jarrett REC, Eddie Cantor BRD
May 15, 1990 Henry Burr
  1998 Mary Martin, Patricia Neway PRF,REL, Percy Faith and His Orchestra REC
  1994 Mary Martin, Patricia Neway PRF,REL, Percy Faith and His Orchestra REC
  1988 Maurice Chevalier REC,BRD
September 1999 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis, Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Wynn Murray REC, Wynn Murray PRF
  1997 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Joan Leslie with Freddie Slack and his Orchestra BRD
  1980 Hildegarde with Orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik REC, Bob Chester and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Betty Bradley REL, Gertrude Lawrence PRF
June 20, 1995 Jack Denny & His Orchestra
  June 20, 1995 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Johnny Morris REC
  1989 Jan Clayton with The "Show Boat" Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Edwin McArthur REL, Jan Clayton PRF
  January 2002 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REL, Fred Astaire BRD
1989 Bill Johnson [US1]
January 2002 Paul Whiteman, Ramona and Orchestra
June 2006 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet
1994 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet
  1997 Lena Horne with Orchestra conducted by Horace Henderson REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
1980 Lena Horne with Orchestra conducted by Horace Henderson REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD, William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
  October 3, 2000 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
  1997 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1988 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
1997 Judy Garland
  1997 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD
  1988 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD
June 2006 Gene Wilder
  January 2002 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Franklyn Baur REC
May 15, 1990 Estelle Loring and Jack Haley
January 2002 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
  2003 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Bobby Goday REC, The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD
  2003 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
  1993 Julie Andrews, John Michael King REC, Julie Andrews and John Michael King PRF
1980 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Johnson
  1993 Stubby Kaye, Ensemble REL,PRF
  1997 Judy Garland REC,BRD, Maddy Russell REL
1987 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
2008 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
2005 Betty Comden, Nancy Walker, Adolph Green and Cris Alexander
  1991 Ethel Merman REL,PRF
1987 Fleetwood Mac
1991 Margaret Schilling and Jerry Goff
  2003 Mary Martin and Kenny Baker REL, Kurt Weill REC
  September 1999 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal PRF
2005 Russ Columbo and His Orchestra
1994 Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
1997 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
  2005 Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
  September 1999 Ruth Etting PRF,REC
1991 Virginia Verrill
1989 Nat "King" Cole
2008 Peggy Lee
  January 2002 Ethel Merman - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Ethel Merman PRF
  1994 Ethel Merman - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Ethel Merman PRF
1993 Billie Holiday
  1994 Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra REC,REL, Judy Garland BRD
1987 Irene Dunne
  June 2006 Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REC, Lisa Kirk PRF
1994 (unknown performer)
  September 1999 Teddy Lynch with Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REC, Mitzi Green PRF
  1988 Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ginny Simms REC, Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REL
2008 Joe Cocker
1980 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
January 2002 Tommy Tucker Time - Vocal Chorus by Amy Arnell
January 2002 William O'Neal, Marty May, Ray Middleton and Ethel Merman
1994 Al Bowlly
  June 20, 1995 Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
  September 1999 Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
1989 Mark Murphy
1991 Priscilla Lane
  June 20, 1995 Broadway Nitelites - Vocal Chorus by Franklyn Baur REC,REL, William Gaxton & Constance Carpenter PRF
  September 1999 Broadway Nitelites - Vocal Chorus by Franklyn Baur REC,REL, William Gaxton & Constance Carpenter PRF
  1993 Frank Sinatra BRD, Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra REC
October 3, 2000 Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
1989 Judy Garland
  May 15, 1990 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra BRD
1997 Ethel Waters, Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
1988 Ethel Waters, Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
  October 3, 2000 The Sweet Corporals REL, Christine Carère, Terry Moore and Barbara Eden BRD
1997 Tony Martin with Earle Hagan and His Orchestra
1996 Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet featuring Elisabeth Welch
1997 Cliff Edwards with Victor Young and His Orchestra - And The Ken Darby Singers
  1998 Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra REL, Sterling Young and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Donna Lee REC
2005 Keith Hamshere
  June 20, 1995 Helen Ford, Margaret Breen and Ensemble PRF, Harry Reser's Syncopators REC
2003 Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians
  June 2006 Julie Andrews with Henry Mancini and His Orchestra REL, Julie Andrews BRD
2008 Barbra Streisand - Arranged and conducted by Peter Matz
1991 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Connie Haines
1994 John Hundley & Lillian Taiz
September 1999 John Hundley & Lillian Taiz
1987 Al Jolson
September 1999 Al Jolson
  2005 Carol Bruce REC, Ella Fitzgerald REL
1980 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
1993 Mary Stallings
  2005 Billy Fields REL, David Daniels and Gloria Marlowe PRF
  October 3, 2000 Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC, Alice Faye BRD
1991 Frances Langford, Libby Bennett, Ann Miller & Lucille Ball [dubbed by Trudy Erwin]
September 1999 Frances Langford, Libby Bennett, Ann Miller & Lucille Ball [dubbed by Trudy Erwin]
October 3, 2000 Orrin Tucker and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Orrin Tucker and The Bodyguards
September 1999 Busby Berkeley and Joyce Barber
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