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The correct answer is Mildred Bailey!

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photo by William Gottlieb/Library of Congress

Mildred Bailey at Carnegie Hall, New York (date unknown)

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During the 1930s, Mildred Bailey was known as “The Queen of Swing,” “The Rockin’ Chair Lady,” and “Mrs. Swing.”  A Native American jazz singer, her popular recordings include “For Sentimental Reason,” “Trust in Me,” “Please Be Kind, “Darn That Dream,”  and her most famous recording, Hoagy Carmichael’s “Rockin’ Chair.”  She sang as Paul Whiteman’s female vocalist from 1929 to 1933, and married fellow Whiteman member the xylophonist Red Norvo.  Together, Mildred and Red were known as “Mr. and Mrs. Swing.”

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Click here to be taken to Mildred Bailey’s Wikipedia page

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Mildred Bailey first recorded “Rockin’ Chair” in 1932, and that version can be heard here…

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She recorded it again in 1937, which can be heard here…[Sony Music Entertainment]

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