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The daughter of a Baptist minister, she sang first in her father"s church.
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Byrdie Green
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Later she went to New York and performed in clubs. Around 1965, she was hired by organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith and recorded albums for Prestige Records, Roulette Records, & Twentieth Century Fox. She also cut a few 45rpm records.
Upon her return she performed at Carnegie Recital Hall in a show entitled "Byrdie Green Sings the Blues" on Friday, March 7th, 1975.
Toured with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and before her death in April 2008, she was with the touring company of the Broadway play Black and Blue. Byrdie"s health started to fade and she developed emphysema and was on oxygen 24 hours a day, and had to use a wheelchair.
She passed at Saint Luke"s Hospital on February 26, 2008, and was eulogized at Mountain. Neboh Church in New York City on Saturday, May 3, 2008.
