Pat Yankee

Pat Yankee (July 20, 1927 – May 30, 2022) was an American jazz and blues singer.

Yankee was born in Lodi, California[1] and had a long career as a performing musician. She was also in the 1946 film It's Great to Be Young as Anita. She performed in an off-Broadway musical Basin Street in 1983 (in the New Federal Theatre).[2]

Yankee died on May 30, 2022.[3]

Discography
  • Pat Yankee Salutes Louis Armstrong (GHB, 1998)
  • Pat Yankee Sings Saloon Songs (GHB, 2000)
  • Salute to Saloon Tunes Vol. 2 (GHB, 2003)
  • Together at Last (GHB, 2004)
  • Remembering Sophie Tucker (GHB, 2005)

With Turk Murphy

  • Music for Wise Guys & Boosters, Card Sharps & Crap Shooters (Roulette, 1959)
  • At the Roundtable (Roulette, 1959)
  • Let the Good Times Roll (RCA Victor, 1962)

Filmography

References
  1. "Legendary jazz singer Pat Yankee knocks them out of their seats with Nick's opening '85th year' celebration". Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  2. Dan Dietz (9 March 2010). Off Broadway Musicals, 1910-2007: Casts, Credits, Songs, Critical Reception and Performance Data of More Than 1,800 Shows. McFarland. p. 36. ISBN 9780786457311.
  3. "'By and large, I've had a wonderful life': Lodi native, jazz legend Pat Yankee dead". Lodi News. June 11, 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
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