The Two Helens

The big band leaders of the 30’s and 40’s referred to them as canaries and saw them as a necessary distraction from what they enjoyed most: elaborate instrumental arrangements. They knew that only their male fans would be left, and perhaps not even them, if they completely abandoned female vocalists like The Two Helens: Forest and Ward.

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