Her popularity as a radio performer and vocalist, which included a second hit record " My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time ", led directly to a career in films.

Her elder brother is record producer Gerry Bron.

Her first professional recording with Ike Turner was singing background for him on Ike's record, " Box Top ".

Her extraordinary talent was discovered when Miranda was first introduced to composer Josué de Barros, who went on to promote and record her first album with a Brunswick, a German recording company in 1929.

During the group's early years, it recorded under several other names, including Johnny Clifton and His String Band, The Four Aces of Western Swing, and Reno Browne and Her Buckaroos ( although Browne, a female matinee idol of the time, did not actually appear on the record ).

Her first competition was a disappointment, but in her third race, she set a national record in the 800 m. Fanny Koen soon made the Dutch team, although as a sprinter, not a middle distance runner.

Her chief opponent was Maureen Gardner, also coached by Blankers-Koen's husband and who had equalled Blankers's world record prior to the Games, and would be running for her home crowd.

Her critical stature continued to grow but record sales remained modest.

Her solo show then toured the country and was made into a record album titled On Stage.

Her first album The Lion and the Cobra was " a sensation " when it was released in 1987 and it reached gold record status and earned a Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy nomination.

Following a potential lawsuit from a president of another record label for using the name Blue Belles, Robinson gave Holt the stage name, Patti La Belle ( La Belle means French for " the beautiful one "), and altered the group's name to Patti La Belle and Her Blue Belles.

Glenn Danzig spoke about the challenge of writing the song " Her Black Wings ": “ I always know beforehand what kind of record I want to make.

Her 1970 album established a record-breaking consecutive number-one record to top the Oricon charts for 20 " consecutive " weeks.

Her 22 singles titles mark the record for most Grand Slam wins by a tennis player ( male or female ) since introduction of the Open Era in 1968.

Her overall record in 56 Grand Slam events was 282 – 34 ( 89 percent ) ( 87 – 10 at the French Open, 75 – 8 at Wimbledon, 73 – 10 at the US Open, and 47 – 6 at the Australian Open ).

Her career prize-money earnings totalled US $ 21, 895, 277 ( a record until Lindsay Davenport surpassed this amount in January 2008 ).

Her singles win-loss record was 900 – 115 ( 88. 7 percent ).

Her first record, " I Hear You Knockin '," a cover version of a rhythm and blues hit by Smiley Lewis, sold over a million copies.

Her first record for Mercury, a version of Fats Waller's " Ain't Misbehavin '", was another hit, starting a long string of success.

Her commercial success peaked in 1959 with " Broken Hearted Melody ", a song she considered to be " corny ", but, nonetheless, became her first gold record and a regular part of her concert repertoire for years to come.

Her last Top 10 record as a soloist was " I Lie " in 1982, but her releases continued to chart until the end of the decade.

Her record producer Quincy Jones, responsible for all her hits from 1963 to 1965, would later become one of the most famous producers in American music.

Her overall record in 67 Grand Slam singles events was 306 – 49. 862 ( 120 – 14 at Wimbledon, 89 – 17 at the US Open, 51 – 11 at the French Open, and 46 – 7 at the Australian Open ).

Her first record was an original cast recording of Hair, in 1971.

Her first words were, ' What else did you record?

Her 90th birthday — 4 August 1990 — was celebrated by a parade on 27 June that involved many of the 300 organisations of which she was patron.

Her subjects included several ultimately famous personages, and her subjects provided a description of what she observed in her Saturday salons at 27 Rue de Fleurus: " Ada " ( Alice B. Toklas ), " Two Women " ( The Cone Sisters, Claribel Cone and Etta Cone ), Miss Furr and Miss Skeene ( Ethel Mars and Maud Hunt Squire ), " Men " ( Hutchins Hapgood, Peter David Edstrom, Maurice Sterne ), " Matisse " ( 1909, Henri Matisse ), " Picasso " ( 1909, Pablo Picasso ), " Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia " ( 1911, Mabel Dodge Luhan ), and " Guillaume Apollinaire " ( 1913 ).

Her second husband, whom she married ( at age 39 ) in 1943, was Richard Ney ( 1916 – 2004 ), the younger actor ( 27 years old ) who played her son in Mrs. Miniver.

Her elder brother was Agrippa II ( b. 27 ), and her younger sisters were Mariamne ( b. 34 ) and Drusilla ( b. 38 ).

Her new album " Soy " ( I Am ) was released on October 27, 2009.

Her ashes were scattered over the volcano Popocatepetl on 27 March 1980 by her Mexican friend Victor Manuel Contreras and her daughter Kizette.

Her December 27, 1947, recording of " It's Magic " ( from the Doris Day film Romance on the High Seas ) found chart success in early 1948.

His tenure of the Foreign Office was noteworthy for the famous dispatch in which he defended Italian independence: " Her Majesty's Government will turn their eyes rather to the gratifying prospect of a people building up the edifice of their liberties, and consolidating the work of their independence, amid the sympathies and good wishes of Europe " ( 27 October 1860 ).

In Act 1, Scene 7, some of Charles ' praise of Joan is absent: " A statelier pyramis to her I'll rear / Than Rhodope's of Memphis ever was ./ In memory of her, when she is dead ,/ Her ashes, in an urn more precious / Than the rich-jewelled coffer of Darius ,/ Transported shall be at high festivals / Before the kings and queens of France " ( ll. 21 – 27 ).

Her mother, granddaughter of William Greene ( August 16, 1731 – November 30, 1809 ), Governor of Rhode Island and his wife Catharine Ray, died when Julia was five after having borne seven children by the age of 27.

* 9 July 1746 – 27 August 1758 Her Majesty the Queen of Spain

Her state worsened after the death of her eldest son ( and heir-apparent ), aged 27, from smallpox, and of her confessor, in 1791.

* 8 June 1961 – 27 August 1968: Her Royal Highness Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent

* 27 November 1833 – 12 June 1866: Her Royal Highness Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge

* 16 December 1871 – 27 October 1897: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Teck

* 17 February 1861 – 27 April 1882: Her Serene Highness Princess Helena of Waldeck-Pyrmont

* 27 April 1882 – 1 September 1922: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Albany

* 17 March 1886 – 27 February 1919: Her Royal Highness Princess Patricia of Connaught

Her mother was Anne Jane Gholson, born on December 9, 1831, at Needham, Virginia and died on October 27, 1893.

* Her Highness Princess Athena Marguerite Françoise Marie of Denmark, born on 24 January 2012 at 8: 27 local time

* Her Royal Highness Princess Geraldine of Albania ( Geraldina, Princësh i Shqiptarë ) ( 10 January – 27 April 1938 )

Her brother, Nicholas Joseph Clary, was created 1st Count Clary and married Anne Jeanne Rouyer, by whom he had Zénaïde Françoise Clary ( Paris, 25 November 1812 – Paris, 27 April 1884 ), wife of Napoléon Berthier de Wagram, 2nd duc de Wagram ( 10 September 1810 – 10 February 1887 ), son of Marshal Berthier, and had issue.

Her paternal grandparents were Joseph Clary ( Marseille, 22 November 1693 – Marseille, 30 August 1748 ), son of Jacques Clary and his wife Catherine Barosse, paternal grandson of Antoine Clary and wife Marguerite Canolle, and maternal grandson of Angelin Barosse and his wife Jeanne Pélissière, and wife ( m. in Marseille, 27 February 1724 ) Françoise-Agnès Ammoric ( Marseille, 6 March 1705 – Marseille, 21 December 1776 ), daughter of François Ammoric and his wife Jeanne Boisson.

Her maternal grandparents were Joseph Ignace Somis ( c. 1710 – Marseille, 29 April 1750 ), son of Jean Louis Somis and his wife Françoise Bouchard, and wife ( m. in Marseille, 27 May 1736 ) Catherine Rose Soucheiron ( Marseille, 11 January 1696 – Marseille, 18 February 1776 ), daughter of François Soucheiron and his wife Anne Cautier.