Lorraine Feather | |
Background: | solo_singer |
Birth Name: | Billie Jane Lee Lorraine Feather |
Birth Date: | 10 September 1948 |
Birth Place: | Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
Genre: | Jazz |
Occupation: | Singer, lyricist, songwriter |
Instrument: | Vocals |
Years Active: | 1967–present |
Label: | Concord Jazz, Sanctuary, Rhombus, Jazzed Media |
Lorraine Feather (born Billie Jane Lee Lorraine Feather; September 10, 1948) is an American singer, lyricist, and songwriter.
A native of Manhattan, she was born to jazz writer Leonard Feather and his wife Jane, a former big band singer. She was named Billie Jane Lee Lorraine for her godmother Billie Holiday, her mother's former roommate Peggy Lee, and for the song "Sweet Lorraine".[1] Three of her albums have been nominated for Grammy Awards in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category: Ages (2010), Attachments (2013), and Flirting with Disaster (2015).[2]