Sylvia Syms
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American jazz singer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sylvia Syms was an American jazz singer. Biography Syms was born Sylvia Blagman in Brooklyn, New York. As a child, she had polio. As a teenager, she went to jazz nightclubs on New York's 52nd Street and received informal training from Billie Holiday. She made her debut in 1941 at Kelly's Stable.
