Irma Curry was a big band singer at a time when most big bands were shifting to the blues and the college dance circuit. Despite the trend, Irma developed a style all her own and stuck with it, with an emphasis on romantic ballads that she delivered with enormous feeling. In some respects, she had been hired by Lionel Hampton in 1950 as Little Jimmy Sco…
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