He engaged two young teenagers to sing with his orchestra.

One of the highpoints in her work was directing a choir that once sang with Duke Ellington and his orchestra.

At one point, she directed a choir that sang with Duke Ellington and his orchestra, a highpoint in her life.

She once led a choir that sang with Duke Ellington and his orchestra.

By 1950, she was singing with Cuba's most popular orchestra, La Sonora Matancera.

Instead, she began singing full time with Cuba's most popular orchestra, La Sonora Matancera, in 1950.

By the time Betty Carter started singing professionally, with Lionel Hampton's orchestra in 1948, she had made a decision to be different.

As a child, she played both the violin and piano and sang with the Gustavsberg children's orchestra.

Already at an early age she sang with her father's orchestra on the radio and in concert.

"Mr. Hoffman is very kind to let me sing with his orchestra," Tom said.