Helen Forrest
Biography
Helen Forrest (born Helen Fogel, April 12, 1917 – July 11, 1999) was an American singer of traditional pop and swing music. She served as the "girl singer" for three of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James), thereby earning a reputation as "the voice of the name bands."
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
This Is Artie Shaw
1971
Moonglow
1956
Small Combos 1937-1940
1990
The Uncollected Artie Shaw, Vol. 1, 1938
1979
The Great Band Era (1936-1945)
1964
The Great Artie Shaw
1959
Any Old Time
1958
Harry James In Hi-fi
1955
Big Bands Greatest Hits Volume 2
The Hits Of Harry James
The Complete Artie Shaw, Vol. I 1938-1939
1976
The Complete Lionel Hampton 1937-1941
1976
Voice Of The Name Bands
1956
Credited work
834 releases · 181 albums · active 1950–2021
- Performance · 1,686
- Other credits · 41
Studios: Blue Room, Hotel Lincoln · Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania, N.Y.C. · The Hollywood Palladium · The Click, Philadelphia
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Artie Shaw And His Orchestra
- Harry James (2)
- Artie Shaw
- Harry James And His Orchestra
- Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
- Benny Goodman
- Dick Haymes