Sandy Stewart (born Sandra Esther Galitz; July 10, 1937) is an American jazz and cabaret singer. Her son is jazz pianist Bill Charlap and her husband was Moose Charlap.

Early years

Stewart is the daughter of (restaurant fruit salesman) Samuel Galitz, the owner of an egg, butter and cheese store in the 2000 block of N. 31st Street in Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia. Stewart was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Lincoln College Prep School in 1955. When she was nine years old, she began performing on radio station WPEN in Philadelphia as a member of the cast of ''Jackie Kane's Juvenile Variety Show''.

Career

When Stewart was 15, she recorded "Since You Went Away from Me", which led to her making guest appearances on network radio and television shows. In her teens she sang on the radio for NBC accompanied by a band of Mundell Lowe, Dick Hyman,

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, dubbing singing segments for stars in films, and she recorded jingles for commercials for products including Bain De Soleil, Easy Spirit, and Enjoli. She had a hit song with "My Coloring Book", which reached number 20 in the ''

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'' Top 40 in 1963. The record was nominated for the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female.

Personal life

On December 11, 1955, Stewart married Saul Kane. She later married first composer Moose Charlap and later trumpeter George Triffon.

Discography

* ''Selections from the Unsinkable Molly Brown'' (RCA Camden, 1961) * ''My Coloring Book'' (Colpix, 1963) * ''Sandy Stewart and Family'' (Cabaret, 1994) – recorded in 1993 * ''Sandy Stewart Sings the Songs of Jerome Kern with Dick Hyman at the Piano'' (Audiophile, 1995) with Dick Hyman (piano) – recorded in 1994. songs of

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. * ''Love Is Here to Stay'' (

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, 2005) with Bill Charlap (piano) – recorded in 2004 * ''Something to Remember'' (Ghostlight, 2012) with Bill Charlap (piano) – recorded in 2011

References

Joel Whitburn, ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', published by ''Billboard'' magazine.

External links

''The New York Times'' article from 1994
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