Sue Raney

Sue Raney (born June 18, 1940) is an American jazz singer. Signed by Capitol Records at the age of seventeen, her debut album, the Nelson Riddle-produced When Your Lover Has Gone, was released in 1958. Raney begin singing at only four years of age, and encouraged by her mother, began working as a professional before she was a a teenager. When she was nearly 14, she joined Jack Carson's Los Angeles-based radio show in 1954, and later worked on television as Ray Anthony's band's main vocalist. Sue worked briefly with Stan Kenton in 1962. After a hiatus in the 1970s, Raney has continued to record sporadically, with her most recent album being a 2006 tribute to Doris Day entitled Heart's Desire. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.