She’s #28.
A friend of our family said he saw her in person in N. Africa, during WWII, when they finally got some USO
He said the other performers finished and the orchestra was clearing off the stage.
In the night, in the middle of the desert, she came out and began to sing...without an orchestra. He said ‘You could hear a pin drop.”
None of the white soldiers knew who she was but all the black troops did. It was a remarkable experience!