Beryl Bryden

Beryl Bryden
Birth nameBeryl Audley Bryden
Born(1920-05-11)11 May 1920
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Died14 July 1998(1998-07-14) (aged 78)
Paddington, London
GenresJazz
Trad Jazz
OccupationSinger
Instrument(s)Vocals
Washboard
Years active1942-1998

Beryl Audley Bryden (11 May 1920 – 14 July 1998) was an English jazz singer, who played with Chris Barber and Lonnie Donegan.[1] Ella Fitzgerald once said of Bryden that she was "Britain's queen of the blues".

  1. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 195/6. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.