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JERI SOUTHERN - SINGLES

By KLR. WOW! Thanks.

Nothing at All
Don't Explain
Kiss and Run
A Lot of Livin' Out-A Life
Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful
Who Am I To Say
Fire Down Below
How Did He Look
Candlelight Conversation
Come By Sunday
Forgive and Forget
Married I Can Always Get
Nothing At All
Querida
The Ruby and the Pearl

KLR says this about these singles:
 These were recorded at various times in the 50s by the Nebraska born pop/jazz stylist.  Jazz critic Will Friedwald made room for a profile of her in his new book, A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers,and noted the exceptional quality of her output on 78s/45s.  Hardly any of these have been rereleased on CD as of yet.

JERI SOUTHERN - COFFEE, CIGARETTES & MEMORIES (1958)

1. Coffee, cigarettes & memories
2. Deep in a dream
3. Detour ahead
4. I must have that man
5. I'll never be the same
6. I'm stepping out with a memory tonight
7. Maybe I love you too much
8. Spring will be a little late this year
9. The song is ended
10. This time the dream's on me
11. Yesterdays gardenias
12. Yesterdays

Born in Royal, Nebraska, Hering began playing piano at age three, and at age six started formal study in classical piano. She studied classical piano and voice at Sacred Heart in Omaha, Nebraska, where she became interested in jazz.
After beginning her career at the Blackstone Hotel in Omaha she joined a United States Navy recruiting tour during World War II. In the late 1940s she worked in Chicago clubs where she once played piano for Anita O'Day. She became known for what are known as torch songs.
She signed with Decca Records in 1951 and became known both for pop and jazz. The 1950s saw her at the height of her career. In 1955 her recording of "An Occasional Man", reached #89 in the Billboard pop chart. In that decade she sang in a few films and in 1957 she had a Top 30 hit with "Fire Down Below." The track peaked at #22 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1957. After her switch to Capitol Records she had success doing interpretations of Cole Porter with Billy May arranging some of the more humorous examples.
In the 1960s she gave up the music industry to teach and later moved to Hollywood, California to work on film composing with Hugo Friedhofer. She also wrote Interpreting Popular Music At The Keyboard during her final years. She died in Los Angeles of pneumonia in 1991, at the age of 64

JERI SOUTHERN - MEETS COLE PORTER (1959)

    "Don't Look at Me That Way"
    "Get Out of Town"
    "Looking at You"
    "It's All Right With Me"
    "Let's Fly Away"
    "Why Shouldn't I"
    "You're the Top"
    "After You, Who"
    "Which?"
    "I Concentrate on You"
    "It's Bad for Me"
    "Weren't We Fools"

Born in Royal, Nebraska, Hering began playing piano at age three, and at age six started formal study in classical piano.[1] She studied classical piano and voice at Sacred Heart in Omaha, Nebraska, where she became interested in jazz.
After beginning her career at the Blackstone Hotel in Omaha she joined a United States Navy recruiting tour during World War II. In the late 1940s she worked in Chicago clubs where she once played piano for Anita O'Day. She became known for what are known as torch songs.
She signed with Decca Records in 1951 and became known both for pop and jazz. The 1950s saw her at the height of her career. In 1955 her recording of "An Occasional Man", reached #89 in the Billboard pop chart.[2] In that decade she sang in a few films and in 1957 she had a Top 30 hit with "Fire Down Below." The track peaked at #22 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1957.[3] After her switch to Capitol Records she had success doing interpretations of Cole Porter with Billy May arranging some of the more humorous examples.
In the 1960s she gave up the music industry to teach and later moved to Hollywood, California to work on film composing with Hugo Friedhofer. She also wrote Interpreting Popular Music At The Keyboard during her final years. She died in Los Angeles of pneumonia in 1991, at the age of 64.