Them that's got shall have

And so, farewell, then, jazz legend and actress Miss Morgana King [whose death was only announced today, five months after her passing]...



...and her magnificent 'do!



Here she/it is in action on US variety show The Hollywood Palace:

Morgana King - I Love Paris/Meditation

...and here she is again, in some very estimable vocal company indeed!

Maxine Weldon, Carmen McRae, Morgana King, Esther Phillips, Nina Simone - God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday tribute concert, 1979)

RIP Morgana King (born Maria Grazia Morgana Messina, 4th June 1930 – 22nd March 2018)

Quiet Star

The marvellously moody Miss Morgana King (described by my other half Madam Arcati as "an American Cleo Laine") celebrates her 85th birthday today.

Jazz singer extraordinaire (as well as actress, most famously in The Godfather), Miss King is rightly celebrated in (formerly?) smoky nightspots in New York and Chicago for her interpretations of the work of luminaries like Jimmy Van Heusen, her tributes to Blues giants like Billie Holiday, and her masterful covers of classics such as A Taste Of Honey, My Funny Valentine... and this one!

Morgana King - Corcovado

Many happy returns, Maria Grazia Morgana Messina (aka Morgana King, born 4th June 1930)