NANCY STUART

 

Nancy Stuart (born 1921) was a jazz singer who was active over many decades. Nancy's career began with the big bands in the late 'forties when she sang at Leggetts Ballroom in Melbourne (four nights a week for 3 pounds, she recalled). When the ballroom dancing scene finished Nancy drifted into early retirement mainly singing at parties. In the 1970s in Sydney, Nancy began her comeback by sitting in at various pubs in and around Sydney most notably at the Musicians Club and Red Neds wine bar bistro at Chatswood. She recorded two albums 'Nancy' (1977) on jazz label 44 and 'Sophisticated Lady' (1982) on EMI. She died in 1985.