Compare Revisions: BETTY ROCHE

  **Betty Roché** (1918-1999)
  
  Betty Roché, born Mary Elizabeth Roché in Wilmington, DE, was a distinguished American blues and jazz singer whose career spanned several decades, albeit sporadically. She gained significant recognition for her powerful and bop-influenced vocal style, most famously for her rendition of "Take the 'A' Train" with Duke Ellington's Orchestra, which she performed during her two tenures with the band in the early 1940s and again in the early 1950s. Betty Roché also recorded with other prominent figures such as Earl Hines and Hot Lips Page. Despite a career marked by breaks, her recordings, particularly her solo albums from the late 1950s and early 1960s, cemented her legacy as a respected and influential jazz vocalist.
  
  *Address to pin on map:* Wilmington, Delaware
  
  *List of releases:* [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/322306-Betty-Roch%C3%A9)
  - Take the "A" Train (LP) (Bethlehem Records 1956)
  - Singin' & Swingin' (LP) (Prestige 1960)
  - Lightly and Politely (LP) (Prestige 1961)
  
  *Links:*
  - [Betty Roché shows on Delaware Music History Archive map](https://www.delawaremusichistory.com/map.html?band=Betty%20Roch%C3%A9)
  - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Roch%C3%A9)
  - [AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/betty-roch%C3%A9-mn0000760311)
  - [RateYourMusic](https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/betty-roche)
  
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  # Flyers and Posters
  
  [Betty Roché shows on Delaware Music History Archive map](https://www.delawaremusichistory.com/map.html?band=Betty%20Roch%C3%A9)
  
  Non-Delaware gigs
  
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