Elisabeth Welch

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991 by BBC

Nov 18, 199034:38Society & Culture

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the black American singer Elisabeth Welch, who, in a career spanning 60 years, made famous such songs as Love For Sale, Soloman and Stormy Weather. Her first big break c...

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