Fran Warren
American singer (1926-2013)
Frances Wolfe (March 4, 1926 – March 4, 2013), known professionally as Fran Warren, was an American singer.
Biography
Born Frances Wolfe, Warren was raised in a Jewish family in The Bronx, New York on March 4, 1926. After some time in a chorus line at the Roxy Theater, she joined Art Mooney's big band and worked with Billy Eckstine, who gave her the name "Fran Warren". Warren spent almost two years with the Charlie Barnet band before achieving some recognition with Claude Thornhill. In 1947, she reached the music charts for the first time with the song "A Sunday Kind of Love" written by her manager, Barbara Belle.
Warren began a solo career in 1948 when she signed a contract with RCA Victor. She had a hit record with "I Said My Pajamas (and Put On My Pray'rs)", a duet with Tony Martin which reached No. 3 on the charts. During the same year, she sang on the radio program Sing It Again. In the early 1950s, after a number of her records failed to chart, she signed with MGM Records.
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