Elaine Delmar (born 13 September 1939) is a British singer and actress, with a long career in stage acting, music recording and concert performances. Born in the English town of Harpenden, she is the daughter of Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter Leslie "Jiver" Hutchinson. After learning the piano as a child, including a performance on BBC Radio, Delmar became a singer and toured with her father's band from the age of sixteen.
In 1952/1953, she appeared in Finian's Rainbow in Liverpool. She sang with Coleridge Goode's group 'The Dominoes' for a month in Germany in the mid-1950s, before going solo. She performed in clubs and on overseas tours. She appeared in the Ken Russell film Mahler (1974).
This is a live performance in the TROS TV-Program: Sesjun "The Four Ladies Of Swing" of January 17, 1997.
Elaine is accompanied by:
Lex Jasper, piano
Hans van Oosterhout, drums
Paul Morgan, bass.
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