Tag: Eleanor Collins

The BC Entertainment Hall of Fame mourns the passing of StarWalk inductee and “Canada’s First Lady of Jazz” Eleanor Collins

Canada Post will unveil a postage stamp in honour of acclaimed Canadian jazz singer Eleanor Collins, Friday, January 21, at 10:00am PST.

Eleanor (Elnora Ruth) Collins (nee Procter) was born in Edmonton on November 21st, 1919. At 15 she won an amateur contest in Edmonton and subsequently sang with Joe Macelli’s dance band, with the Three ‘E’s, and on CFRN radio. She moved in 1938 to Vancouver and performed during the 1940s on CBC radio with a…
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Vanalogue has written a great piece on the beautiful Eleanor Collins, a look into another one of the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame’s Starwalk Inductees.