Dawn Hampton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dawn Hampton

American musician and songwriter

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1928

Place of Birth: Middletown, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 25-Sep-2016

Profession: singer, singer-songwriter, musician, songwriter, saxophonist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Dawn Hampton (June 9, 1928 – September 25, 2016) was an American cabaret and jazz singer, saxophonist, dancer, and songwriter.
Hampton began her lifelong career as a musical entertainer touring the Midwest as a three-year-old member of the Hampton family's band The Hampton Sisters in the late 1930s.
During World War II and into early 1950s, she performed as part of a quartet with her three sisters and in a jazz band with all nine of her surviving siblings.
Hampton moved to New York City in 1958 to pursue a solo career as a cabaret singer.
She became a singer/songwriter and dancer, which included off-Broadway theatre performances and swing dancing in Hollywood films.
Along with other members of the musical Hamptons, she was a recipient of the State of Indiana's Governor Arts Award (1991) and honored at the Indy Jazz Fest (2000) in Indianapolis, Indiana.