Nancy Overton

Nancy Overton
Birth name	Anne Swain
Born	February 6, 1926(1926-02-06)
Died	April 5, 2009(2009-04-05) (aged 83)
Genres	pop

Nancy Swain Overton (February 6, 1926 – April 5, 2009) was an American singer.

Overton first formed a singing group with her sister Jean Swain and two college friends, Bix Brent and Pauli Skindlov in 1946. The group toured with orchestra leader Tommy Tucker for 6 months, was known as Tommy Tucker's Two Timers, and recorded the song "Maybe You'll Be There" with bandleader Tommy and his lead singer Don Brown. Pauli left the group and was replaced by Ellie Decker, who had previously sung with The Meltones (Mel Tormé's quartet). The band also then sang with singer and band leader Ray Heatherton from whom they acquired the bands' next moniker The Heathertones. After Decker left the group to get married, she was replaced as lead singer by Marianne McCormick. The Heathertones disbanded in 1953.

Overton, who married jazz pianist/composer/arranger Hall Overton, sang "Nobody's Heart" as a solo vocalist with the Teddy Charles Quartet in 1954. In 1957, Janet Ertel of The Chordettes, though still recording with the group, elected not to continue touring. Ertel was married to Archie Bleyer, the owner of Cadence Records, the group's label. Nancy Overton was invited to appear with The Chordettes for live appearances and did so until the group broke up in the early 1960s. She didn't record with The Chordettes on their label, Cadence Records; however she did appear on some "Stars For Defense" programs.

She moved to Englewood, New Jersey, in the 1960s, at the recommendation of Dizzy Gillespie. After her husband Hall Overton died in 1972, she retired from show business and worked for Prentice-Hall Publishers as an editorial assistant.^[1]

In the early 1990s, The Chordettes regrouped with Overton, Doris Alberti, and original members Lynn Evans and Jean Swain, doing shows ranging from a doo wop concert to touring with Eddy Arnold. A live cassette of a concert in Branson, Missouri, was recorded.

Family

Rick Overton, comic actor/writer, is the son of Hall and Nancy Overton.

Death

She died on April 5, 2009, in Blairstown, New Jersey, aged 83, from esophageal cancer.

References

1. ^ Levin, Jay. "'50s singer, Nancy Overton, 83 ", The Record (Bergen County), April 7, 2009. Accessed April 12, 2009.

External links

• Obituary in NorthJersey.com

Persondata
Name	Overton, Nancy
Alternative names	Anne was birth name. Swain was her maiden name.
Short description	singer, primarily bass in vocal groups. Occasionally played piano.
Date of birth	February 6, 1926
Place of birth	New York City, New York
Date of death	April 5, 2009
Place of death	Blairstown, New Jersey