What is Cleo Laine?
{{BLP unsourced|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox Musical artist | Name = Cleo Laine | Img = Cleo_Laine.jpg | Img_capt = | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = solo_singer | Birth_name = Clementina Dinah Campbell | Alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1927|10|28|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Southall]], [[Middlesex]], [[England]] | death_date = | Genre = [[Jazz]] | Years_active = 1950–present | Occupation = Singer, actress }} '''Dame Cleo Laine''', '''Lady Dankworth''', [[Order of British Empire|DBE]] (born 28 October 1927) is a [[British people|British]] [[jazz]] singer and an [[actress]]. She was born in [[Southall]], [[Middlesex]] to a [[white people|white]] [[English people|English]] mother and [[black people|black]] [[Jamaica]]n father. She is famous for her [[scat singing]] and for being able to sing very high and very low notes. She is the only female performer to have received [[Grammy]] nominations in the [[jazz]], [[popular music|popular]] and [[classical music]] categories. Laine is the [[widow]] of jazz composer Sir [[John Dankworth]]. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Laine, Cleo}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Black British musicians]] [[Category:British jazz musicians]] [[Category:British Grammy Award winners]] [[Category:Musicians from Middlesex]] [[Category:Knights and Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]