American Jazz singer and actress.Married to Kenny Dennis (1960-1970).Her works as vocalist spanned over five decades, from the mid 50s until her retirement in 2011.Contributing to the launch of her career were Cannonball Adderley's advice to move to New York City and John Levy's help in landing her first contract with Capitol Records in 1960. In the late 60s and during the 70s, she recorded also R&B, Soul and Disco music. She charted 31 times in the U.S. between 1963 and 1994. She charted 31 times in the U.S. between 1963 and 1994.She had great crossover appeal as shown by some of her top hits. Her "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am" charted to #11 overall but also #2 on the adult contemporary and #45 on the R&B charts. In 1968 it was "Face It Girl, It's Over", which was #29 overall, #28 AC, and #15 R&B. And in 1969 it was "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You", which hit #52 overall, #28 AC and #27 R&B.