By the age of five, Thelma Carpenter knew she loved to sing and could often be heard on the 'Kiddies Hour' radio show. At the age of 11, she already had her own show on WNYC and at 15, she entered an amateur contest, at the Apollo Theater in New York, where singing 'Stormy Weather' […]
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