India Adams

India Adams (March 5, 1927 – April 25, 2020) was an American singer, known as the ghost singer who dubbed the singing voices of Cyd Charisse and Joan Crawford in the mid-1950s.

India Adams
BornMarch 5, 1927
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died (aged 93)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1943–2020
Known forVoiceover singing and acting
Partner(s)
Jack Stanley
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(m. 1951; div. 1970)​

Quentin Rance
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(m. 1974; died 2016)​
Children2

Career

She dubbed the singing voices for Charisse in The Band Wagon (1953).[1][2] That same year, she also dubbed for Crawford in Torch Song.[3][4]

Adams lived in England from 1965 to 1981,[5] and in 1969–1970, was the standby to Ginger Rogers for the West End stage production of Mame at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.[6]

In 1991, together with two other prominent ghost singers, Jo Ann Greer and Annette Warren, she starred in the cabaret revue Voices, produced by Alan Eichler, under the musical direction of John McDaniel, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.[7][8]

After spending another twenty years out of the public eye, Adams reappeared in early 1991, when she performed with several other singers at the Catalina Bar and Grill. She still remained active performing in clubs and musicals.[9]

Personal life and death

Adams married advertising executive Jack Stanley in 1951. Adams died at the age of 93 on April 25, 2020.[10]

Discography
  • India Adams Sings! (ca. 1980s)[11]
  • Comfort Me with Apples – with Ray Martin and His Orchestra (RCA Victor, 1959)
  • India Adams Sings Again (ca. 1980s)[12]

References
  1. Reid, John Howard (2006) More Movie Musicals, p. 14. Lulu.com At Google Books. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  2. Thomson, David (2008) Have You Seen...?': a Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films including masterpieces, oddities and guilty pleasures (with just a few disasters). Penguin UK At Google Books. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  3. Quirk, Lawrence J. and William Schoell (2013) Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography, p. 170. University Press of Kentucky At Google Books. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  4. Bret, David (2008) Joan Crawford: Hollywood Martyr, p. 274. Da Capo Press At Google Books. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  5. "Ghost singer India Adams appears" Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  6. Faris, Jocelyn (1994) Ginger Rogers: A Bio-Bibliography, p. 30. Greenwood Publishing Group At Google Books. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  7. "'Voices' Revue to Open Aug. 27" Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  8. Staggs, Sam (2009) Born to Be Hurt: The Untold Story of Imitation of Life. Macmillan, Feb 17, 2009 At Google Books. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  9. King, Susan. "Ghost singer India Adams appears." Los Angeles Times (Entertainment). January 14, 2011] Retrieved 7-20-2013.
  10. Actress and Singer India Adams Dies at 93: Broadway World. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  11. Mike Barnes, 'Hollywood Reporter, April 28, 2020 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/india-adams-dead-secret-singer-band-wagon-torch-song-was-93-1292190/
  12. Mike Barnes, 'Hollywood Reporter, April 28, 2020 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/india-adams-dead-secret-singer-band-wagon-torch-song-was-93-1292190/
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