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FromThe Notable Kentucky African Americans Database -
Born in Louisville, KY, Humes made her first recording in 1927 in St. Louis. She then moved to New York and worked with the Vernon Andrades Orchestra. She replaced Billie Holiday in the Count Basie Band, recorded tunes for film and television, and appeared in the film Simply Heaven [Langston Hughes]. Humes moved to California in the 1940s and when her career slowed in the 1960s, returned to Kentucky. Humes' career picked up in the 1970s. For more see Kentucky Women, by E. K. Potter; Contemporary Musicians, vol. 19, by S. A. McConnel. View Helen Humes with Dizzy Gillespie c.1947 on YouTube. Listen to the Helen Humes Oral History (includes transcript) at the University of Louisville Libraries.
Selected
Sources from UK Libraries:
Jivin' in be-bop [video recording].VR516, Fine Arts - Media Center
Songs I like to sing! [sound recording] / Helen
Humes.
CD5191, Fine Arts - Media Center
The complete Decca recordings [sound recording]
/ Count Basie.
CD3547, Fine Arts - Media Center
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