Like Someone In Love - At Basin Street

Born Betty Waddell in Columbus, Ohio, singer Betty St. Claire (1927-1972) was hailed as a "find" when, aged 14, she made her professional debut at the Detroit Club Congo. It led to theatre and club work throughout the Mid-West and the East and, eventually, a place with Dizzy Gillespie's 1949 big band, as well as jobs with other leading jazz groups like Erroll Garner's trio and Howard McGhee's quintet.