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King Pleasure
Birth name
Clarence Beeks
Born
(1922-03-24)March 24, 1922 Oakdale, Tennessee
Origin
New York City
Died
March 21, 1982(1982-03-21) (aged 59)
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Vocalist
Labels
Prestige, Aladdin, Jubilee, United Artists
Musical artist
King Pleasure (born Clarence Beeks; March 24, 1922 – March 21, 1982)[1] was an American jazz vocalist and an early master of vocalese, where a singer sings words to a well-known instrumental solo.
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1378. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
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