1. Dawn Hampton was an American cabaret and jazz singer, saxophonist, dancer, and songwriter.
23 Facts About Dawn Hampton
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Dawn Hampton moved to New York City in 1958 to pursue a solo career as a cabaret singer.
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Dawn Hampton was born on June 8,1928, in Middletown, Ohio, to Laura and Clarke "Deacon" Hampton.
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Clarke Dawn Hampton was born in Batavia, Ohio, in 1877, to William and Elizabeth Dawn Hampton, and studied music and art while attending a military academy in Xenia, Ohio.
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Dawn Hampton learned to play the alto saxophone and later became a vocalist who specialized in ballads.
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Under their father's leadership the Dawn Hampton children began performing in the family band at a young age.
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Dawn Hampton joined the family band and its vaudeville act at the age of three, beginning her long career as a musical performer.
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The Hampton family settled in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1938, when Dawn was tens years old.
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Dawn Hampton attended Indianapolis Public Schools, including Crispus Attucks High School, but left to perform with the Hampton family band.
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Dawn Hampton's youngest brother, "Slide" Hampton, is a two-time Grammy Award-winner and a noted jazz trombonist, composer, and arranger.
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Dawn Hampton began her career as a musical entertainer in the 1930s with the Dawn Hampton family's band.
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Dawn Hampton moved to New York City in 1958 to pursue a solo career as a cabaret singer.
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Dawn Hampton sang and danced while touring with the group in the Midwest and the South.
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Duke Dawn Hampton's band played at the Cotton Club and the Sunset Terrace on Indiana Avenue, the center of Indianapolis's jazz scene and the entertainment hub of the city's black community, as well as other venues in town.
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Dawn Hampton was a member of the group when it later became house band at the Cotton Club in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Duke Dawn Hampton's band appeared on the same bill as the Lionel Dawn Hampton band, the Nat King Cole Trio, and singer Billy Eckstein.
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Shortly thereafter, Dawn Hampton appeared with her brother's band when it returned to New York City to perform at Harlem's Apollo Theater and the Savoy Ballroom.
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In 1958 Dawn Hampton moved to New York City to pursue a solor career as a songwriter and cabaret singer.
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Dawn Hampton wrote and recorded her signature song, "Life Is What You Make It", the title song of her CD, in response to the ordeal.
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Dawn Hampton taught dance workshops all over the world, including at the Herrang Dance Camp in Herrang, Sweden.
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Dawn Hampton appeared in The Unforgettable Hampton Family, a PBS documentary film about the lives of her musical family members.
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Dawn Hampton died on September 25,2016, in New York City at the age of eighty-eight.
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Dawn Hampton is remembered as a longtime musical entertainer and dancer, as well as a songwriter, and is best known for her performances as a cabaret singer and jazz musician.