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Dakota Staton

Jazz vocalist Dakota Staton was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 3, 1930. She is best known for her 1957 hit single “The Late, Late Show”. Staton started her career singing in local jazz clubs as well as touring nightclubs on the East Coast. She was discovered in New York by Capitol Records producer Dave Cavanaugh and signed to the label. After releasing a few early successful singles, she was voted 1955’s Most Promising Newcomer by Down Beat Magazine. She released a series of acclaimed albums for Capitol in the late 1950s and early 1960s including her debut album The Lat...