CARTER, BETTY (née LILLIE MAE JONES). Jazz singer ( in Flint, Michigan). She studied at the Detroit Conservatory of Music. After winning first prize in an amateur show in 1946, she began singing professionally. She toured with various groups, including Lionel Hampton (1948-51),
Miles Davis
(1958-59), and
Theodore (Sonny
) Rollins
(1963 in Japan), among others. She also toured widely as a soloist, appearing in nightclubs and theaters. Beginning in the 1970s she toured...