Elisabeth Welch

Elisabeth Margaret Welch was an American singer, actress, and entertainer, whose career spanned seven decades. Her bestknown songs were Stormy Weather, Love for Sale and Far Away in Shanty Town. She was Americanborn but was based in Britain for most of her career.

Welch was born in Englewood, New Jersey, where her father was chief gardener of an estate. Her father was of indigenous American and African American ancestry her mother was of Scottish and Irish descent. Welch was brought up in a Baptist Christian family, and began her singing in a church choir.

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