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Helen Forrest
Atlantic City, United States
Helen Forrest is credited on 737 releases across 183 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2021 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
737
Pressings credited
183
Albums
8
Decades active
18
In collections
Biography
Helen Forrest (born Helen Fogel, April 12, 1917 – July 11, 1999) was an American singer of traditional pop and swing music. She served as the "girl singer" for three of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James), thereby earning a reputation as "the voice of the name bands."
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Credited work
737 releases · 183 albums · active 1950–2021
- Performance · 1,421
- Other credits · 15
Studios: Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania, N.Y.C. · Blue Room, Hotel Lincoln · The Hollywood Palladium · The Click, Philadelphia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Moonglow
1956
This Is Artie Shaw
1971
The Swing Era: The Music Of 1941-1942: Swing As A Way Of Life
1970
The Great Artie Shaw
1959
Small Combos 1937-1940
1990
The Uncollected Artie Shaw, Vol. 1, 1938
1979
The Great Band Era (1936-1945)
1964
Any Old Time
1958
Larry Clinton In Hi Fi
1957
Harry James In Hi-fi
1955
The Hits Of Harry James
Big Bands Greatest Hits Volume 2
The Complete Lionel Hampton 1937-1941
1976
The Complete Artie Shaw, Vol. I 1938-1939
1976
Voice Of The Name Bands
1956
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