Question: Which American singer known for her highly distinctive singing style starred in St. Louis Blues?

Context articles: Dan McLaughlin
St. Louis Blues (1958 film)
St. Louis Blues (album)
1969–70 St. Louis Blues season
Eartha Kitt
St. Louis Blues (1929 film)
Kansas City Blues (ice hockey)
St. Louis Blues (1939 film)
St. Louis blues (music)
St. Louis Blues

Daniel "Dan" McLaughlin is a professional sports broadcaster who currently works on both St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues telecasts on the cable television channel Fox Sports Midwest.
 He was born March 18, 1974 in St. Louis.
 He used to be a play-by-play announcer for the "NFL on Fox" in 2006 with some involving the St. Louis Rams as he called the St. Louis Rams-Minnesota Vikings game with Tony Boselli.
St. Louis Blues is a 1958 American film broadly based on the life of W. C. Handy.
 It starred jazz and blues greats Nat "King" Cole, Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, and Barney Bigard, as well as gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and actress Ruby Dee.
 The film's soundtrack used over ten of Handy's songs including the title song.
St. Louis Blues is a 1958 album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Nelson Riddle.
 "St. Louis Blues" was the soundtrack to the film of the same name that starred Cole.
 The Billboard album chart placed the disc at a peak position of #18.
The 1969–70 St. Louis Blues season involved finishing in first place in the West Division for the second consecutive season.
 The Blues were the only team in the West Division with a winning record, as they finished 22 points ahead of the second-placed Pittsburgh Penguins.
 The Blues matched their previous season's total of 37 wins, but finished with 86 points, two points shy of the previous season's points total.
 NHL legend Camille Henry played his final game with the St. Louis Blues.
 Henry got 3 points in 4 games.
Eartha Mae Kitt (January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American singer, actress, dancer, activist and comedian, known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "C'est si bon" and the enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby", which were both US Top 10 hits.
 Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the world".
St. Louis Blues is a 1929 American two-reel short film starring Bessie Smith.
 The early sound film features Smith in an African-American speakeasy of the prohibition era singing the W. C. Handy standard, "St. Louis Blues".
 Directed by Dudley Murphy, it is the only known film of Bessie Smith, and the soundtrack is her only recording not controlled by Columbia Records.
The Kansas City Blues were a minor-league hockey team based in Kansas City, Missouri that played in the Central Hockey League from 1967 to 1972, and again in the 1976-77 season, mainly as an affiliate of the in-state St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League.
 The 1967 Blues were owned by Missouri Lieutenant Governor (1968-1972) William S. (Bill) Morris, and represented the return of hockey to Kansas City for the first time in over 30 years.
 Morris was determined to bring an NHL team to Kansas City and tried to lay the groundwork by convincing his friend Sid Soloman, owner of the St. Louis Blues, to create a farm team in Kansas City.
 The Blues made history on February 21, 1971, when Blues goalie Michel Plasse became the first goaltender to score a goal in a professional hockey game, scoring against the Oklahoma City Blazers.
 This goal was unfortunately witnessed by few as a snow storm was moving through the Kansas City area causing even the team's owner to leave the arena early.
St. Louis Blues is a 1939 American musical film directed by Raoul Walsh that was set on a Mississippi River showboat.
 Although the plot was not related to the song, the "St. Louis Blues" was sung as one of the numbers.
 Artists included jazz singer Maxine Sullivan and composer/singer/actor Hoagy Carmichael.
 The film features Dorothy Lamour, Lloyd Nolan, Tito Guízar, Jerome Cowan and Mary Parker.
St. Louis blues is a type of blues music.
 It is usually more piano-based than other forms of the blues and is closely related to jump blues, ragtime and piano blues.
 It is sometimes performed to a "Saint Louis shuffle" beat: a drum rhythm with heavy on-the-beat accents.
 A band performing St. Louis blues typically consists of one or a few singers, a pianist and a few other musical instruments (used primarily for rhythm), but it is also common for a guitarist to take the lead, even to play parts normally played on piano.
The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team in St. Louis, Missouri.
 They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).
 The Blues play their home games at the 19,150-seat Scottrade Center in downtown St. Louis.
 Scottrade Center is the second home arena of the Blues, with the team first playing at St. Louis Arena from 1967 to 1994.