Irene Daye

American jazz singer.
Born January 17, 1918, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA.
Died November 1, 1971, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
Best known as a singer with Gene Krupa And His Orchestra from 1938-1941. She retired from music after marrying Edward Cornelius in 1941. When he died in 1943, she resumed her singing career performing with Charlie Spivak And His Orchestra from 1944-1950. Married Charlie Spivak in 1950 and for the second time gave up her singing career and became his manager, a role which she performed until her death in 1971.
She sang vocals on six charted songs in the U.S. with three different bands from 1940 to 1945. She had two with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra: "Down Argentina Way" (#16, 1940) and "There'll Be Some Changes Made" (#13, 1941). She had one hit with Sam Donahue and His Orchestra: "Do You Care?" (#19, 1941). And she had charted three times with her husband's band: Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra: "(I Love You, I Love You, I Love You) Sweetheart of All My Dreams" (#16, 1945), "Can't You Read Between the Lines?" (#16, 1945) and "It's Been a Long, Long Time" (#4, 1945). Still, she is possibly best known for the song "Drum Boogie" by Krupa.