Helen Forrest, a big band singer who recorded ... Born Helen Fogel in Atlantic City, N.J., the singer was the nation’s top-rated female vocalist in 1942, winning both the Down Beat poll and ...

Singer Mel Torme once called Helen Forrest "the best ... and Holiday left not long after Forrest joined. It was not easy being the so-called "canary," or lead female singer, in a big band-women ...

Singer Mel Torme once called Helen Forrest "the best ... and Holiday left not long after Forrest joined. It was not easy being the so-called "canary," or lead female singer, in a big band-women ...