Biography
Olive Brown
Real name: Olive Jefferson
Jazz and blues singer, born August 30, 1913 in St. Louis, died May 9, 1982 in the same town.Working with jazz and rhythm & blues band leaders such as Todd Rhodes and Tiny Bradshaw from 1941, she made her first record in c. 1949, but then had to wait until the 1960s before seeing more recordings released.