Kay Davis was an American jazz singer known for her association with the Duke Ellington orchestra. She studied voice and piano at Northwestern University. Davis joined Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1944 and became renowned for her wordless vocals in pieces like "Transbluency" and "On a Turquoise Cloud." Notably, she reprised Adelaide Hall's vocal on "Creole Love Call." Davis and Billy Strayhorn premiered "Lush Life" in 1948. After leaving the orchestra in 1950, she married Edward Wimp and retired to Florida, where she passed away on January 27, 2012.

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