Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth was an English singer and actress known for her scat singing. She was the wife of jazz composer and musician Sir John Dankworth and the mother of bassist Alec Dankworth and singer Jacqui Dankworth. Laine was born Clementine Dinah Hitching on 28 October 1927, in Southall, Middlesex. Her father, Alexander […]