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For the mathematician, see Helen Abbot Merrill.
Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milcetic on July 21, 1930 in New York City)
is an internationally known jazz vocalist.
Merrill's recording career has spanned six decades and she is popular with
fans of jazz in Japan and Italy (where she lived for many years) as well as
in her native United States. She has recorded and performed with some of
the most notable figures in the American jazz scene.
Youth and early career in the United States Merrill was born in 1930 to
Croatian immigrant parents. She began singing in jazz clubs in the Bronx at
the age of fourteen. By the time she was sixteen, Merrill had taken up
music full time. In 1952, Merrill made her recording debut when she was
asked to sing "A Cigarette For Company" with the Earl Hines Band; the song
was released on their Xanadu album. Etta Jones made her debut on the same
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With Strings
Christmas Song Book
