caption associated_acts death_date years_active article_title background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
anna 1940s mae winburn and william d. alexander in the international sweethearts of rhythm , cotton club boys 30 september 1999 est 1936 -- 1956 anna mae winburn
 solo_singer 13 august 1913 piano , guitar , singer jazz music big band alexander and winburn.jpg port royal , tennessee , usa anna mae winburn bandleader
anna mae winburn

anna mae winburn , née darden -lrb- august 13 , 1913 - september 30 , 1999 -rrb- was an african-american vocalist and jazz bandleader who flourished beginning in the mid-1930s .
she is best known for having directed the international sweethearts of rhythm , an all-female big band that was perhaps one of the few -- and one of the most -- racially integrated dance-bands of the swing era .
