Carmen McRae

Carmen Mercedes McRae was an American jazz singer. She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpretation of lyrics.

8 April 1920

Born on the same birth day (8 April): Amit Trivedi • Catfish Hunter • Edmund Husserl • Emil Cioran • Evripidis Stylianidis • Francesco Flachi • Gennady Golovkin • Jenni Asserholt • Manuel Díaz (fencer) • Margaret Ayer Barnes • Mary Pickford • Pancha Carrasco • Taylor Kitsch • Terry Porter

Born in the same month (April 1920): Alfonso Thiele • Arthur Hailey • Barend Biesheuvel • Edmonde Charles-Roux • Guido Cantelli • Ivor Forbes Guest • Jack Stokes (director) • James Mann (South Carolina politician) • John F. Wiley • Julien Ries • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine • Ravi Shankar • Theodore L. Thomas • Thomas Szasz • Toshiro Mifune • Yoshibayama Junnosuke