Facts: - instrument: singer - birth name: liza mae alix - origin: chicago , illinois - death date: 1 november 1983 - genre: jazz , cabaret - birth date: august 31 , 1902 - name: may alix - background: solo_singer - occupation: singer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of may alix .
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liza mae '' may '' alix -lrb- august 31 , 1902 in chicago , illinois - november 1 , 1983 -rrb- was an american cabaret and jazz vocalist .she began her career as a singer with the jimmie noone band in the clubs of chicago .soon she teamed up with ollie powers performing as a duo in cabarets .in 1926 , she recorded with louis armstrong 's hot five .one of the recordings , '' big butter and egg man , '' became armstrong 's first chart hit .she collaborated with jimmie noone on half a dozen recordings for vocalion records -lrb- 1929 -- 1930 -rrb- .during the 1930s and early 1940s , she performed mainly in new york city .