Pat friday biography
Pat friday biography
Who else sang at last!
Pat Friday
American singer
This article is about the singer Pat Friday. For the Kansas City Athletics general manager, see Pat Friday (baseball executive).
Pat Friday | |
|---|---|
| Born | Helen Patricia Freiday August 4, 1921 Jefferson County, Idaho |
| Died | June 21, 2016 (age 94) Fredericksburg, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Spouse | David Berwick Vinson Jr. |
| Children | 1 son 1 daughter |
Pat Friday (born Helen Patricia Freiday; August 4, 1921 – June 21, 2016)[1] was an American singer who worked with Glenn Miller on his films in the early 1940s.
Early years
Friday was born in Jefferson County, Idaho, the daughter of France Everett Freiday and Helen Katherine Abbott.[2]
She was discovered by Bing Crosby when he heard her sing during an amateur night at the Victor Hugo cafe in Hollywood.
She was performing there at the urging of her sorority sisters at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was studying home