Real name: Leona A. (Fondell) Schlosser

American singer and songwriter.
Born January 29, 1919 in Dubugue, Iowa, USA.
Died March 6, 2015 (age of 96) in Dubugue, Iowa, USA.
She was known as a nightclub singer mostly and sang with many orchestras including those of Bernie Cummins, Orrin Tucker, Johnny White, Lou Bring, Bernie Leighton's Swing Four and Freddie Shumake and his band. She also sang with The Mel-Tones, who changed their name after she left to Mel Torme and The Mel-Tones. Sullivan also dubbed singing voices in movies, including for Virginia Mayo in "A Song Is Born" (also known as "That's Life") (1948).
Though she wrote other songs, in songwriting she is mostly known for a song she helped edit but was given full credit for with "Rum and Coca Cola". After the song hit #1 by The Andrew Sisters, lawsuits followed. The lawsuits that followed went on and on until it was settled in 1948-9, allowing her to keep copyright but she, Morey Amsterdam and Paul Baron had to pay $150,000 to the lyricist and composer of the song in Trinidad. After taking time to settle the lawsuits, she returned to singing on the nightclub circuit.