Georgia Gibbs

Georgia Gibbs (born Frieda Lipschitzin on 17 August 1919 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA – 9 December 2006) was an American popular singer and vocal entertainer rooted in jazz.

Gibbs was the youngest of four children of Russian Jewish immigrant parents.Her father died when she was six months old, and she spent her first seven years in an orphanage in Worcester, separated from her other siblings.

She revealed a natural talent for singing at a very young age, and was given the lead in the orphanage's yearly variety show.

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