Her own sound production equipment was essentially more instrumental than vocal.

He would sometimes write songs with someone in mind, for instance, " I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face " from My Fair Lady was written with Rex Harrison in mind to complement his very limited vocal range.

Lansky's 1979 computer music piece " Her Song ", from the Six Fantasies On A Poem By Thomas Campion ( re-released on the album Fantasies and Tableaux, 1994 ), has also been sampled by Caural for his song " I Won't Race You ", from his 2006 album Mirrors For Eyes, with the main synthesized vocal line of Lansky's piece being used ( and being the basis for the title of the latter ).

Her 1945 scat recording of " Flying Home " arranged by Vic Schoen would later be described by The New York Times as " one of the most influential vocal jazz records of the decade .... Where other singers, most notably Louis Armstrong, had tried similar improvisation, no one before Miss Fitzgerald employed the technique with such dazzling inventiveness.

Her forthright manner, clipped vocal style and ubiquitous cigarette contributed to a public persona which has often been imitated and satirized.

Her album Medúlla is composed entirely of processed and acoustic vocal music, including beatboxing, choral arrangements and throat singing.

Her current vocal influences are Sade, Kim Burrell, Boyz II Men, The Clark Sisters, Enya, and her father Willie Norwood.

Her work with Timbaland and other producer / songwriters outside of her usual circle has also often seen Norwood responsible for only vocal arrangements and delivery, rather than actual writing or producing.

There are also some obvious differences: the jug on ' She Lives ( In A Time Of Her Own )' is far more prominent ; ' Levitation ' has a double tracked vocal ; Roky's harmonica solo on ' I Had To Tell You ' is far clearer.

Her principal sin, apparently, was to cultivate a distinctive vocal style that was at home in all kinds of music, be it R & B, blues, jazz, middle of the road pop-and she probably would have made a fine gospel or country singer had she the time.

Her vocal talents are showcased throughout the motion picture soundtrack.

Her first audition was a failure, partly because of nerves, and partly because The Beatles ( who supported her ) played the songs in their vocal key rather than re-pitching them for Black's voice.

Her left vocal cord, which had been cauterized the year before, required urgent surgery to remove a growth ( non-malignant ) as well as a small part of the cord itself.

Her vocal ability has also brought Rimes to comparisons to past teenage country stars, including 50s country star Brenda Lee and 70s country star Tanya Tucker.

Her vocal emission was of perfect equality and her vocal range was wide, from low C to high F ( C < sub > 4 </ sub >-F < sub > 6 </ sub >).

Her high voice can sound very similar to Kate Bush, and her highest recorded sung vocal phrase is D5, one octave above middle C ( C4 ) in a live performance of the Queen song " Lily of the Valley ".

Her mother then entered her in a Little Miss America Pageant where Chase won the national vocal competition.

Her first notable public appearance was the backing vocal of the band Blitz until 1986.

Her father, Paul, subsequently became a vocal public campaigner against drug abuse.

" Her vocal range extends from the low note of C # 3 to high soprano B5.

Her vocal style is broad and she is unafraid to completely use her full voice.

Her progressive ideas and the breadth of her range is quite impressive ; from the microtonal, electro-acoustic soundscapes and vocal music, she seems to have explored and expressed previously ignored spaces in modern composition.

" Her output is also unique in that it only contains secular vocal music, with the exception of one volume of sacred songs.

Her vocal style features a frequently recurring, insistent, unusually sustained vibrato, one more prominent than can be found in the music of any other well-known popular music performer.

Her stories have been retold in song, film, ballet and animation.

Her private discussions with Prime Minister Tony Blair were dramatised in Stephen Frears ' film The Queen ( 2006 ).

Her final feature, the comedy film With Six You Get Eggroll, was released in 1968.

Her deadite serves as the main antagonist of the film.

Her film credits also include a featured role in Marked For Death opposite Steven Seagal, Pass The Ammo with Tim Curry, and the CBS feature 83 Hours Till Dawn with Peter Strauss and Robert Urich.

Her film career began in earnest in 1937 when she appeared in the films Oh Doctor and Stage Door.

Her first film under RKO was The Most Dangerous Game ( 1932 ), co-starring Joel McCrea and shot at night on the same jungle sets that were being used for King Kong during the day, with the leads from both films, Wray and Robert Armstrong, appearing in both movies.

Her final public appearance was at an after-party at the Sardi's restaurant in New York City, following the premiere of the documentary film Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There.

Her character is usually renamed in film adaptations because of difficulties with pronunciation.

* Richard Dysart in both the television film Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair ( 1993 ) and in the 1995 film Panther.

Her parents were the film producer Wilbur Stark ( 1912 – 1995 ) and New York television host Kathi Norris ( 1919 – 2005 ).

Her best known and most controversial performance was the lead role in the erotic film Emily

Her later film assignments included Father Goose ( 1964 ), with Cary Grant ; Ken Russell's Valentino ( 1977 ), in the role of silent-screen legend Alla Nazimova ; and Louis Malle's Damage ( 1992 ).

Her most famous film was Triumph of the Will, a documentary film made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the National Socialist, or Nazi, Party.

Her next film, The Taming of The Shrew, made with husband Douglas Fairbanks, was a disaster at the box office.

Her film credits also include Robert Altman's Kansas City ( 1996 ), Robert Duvall's The Apostle ( 1997 ) and Richard E. Grant's Wah-Wah ( 2005 ).

Her three act play, " The Whipping " was optioned by Paramount Studios, but never made into a film.

Her performance was well received by critics, with BBC film critic Brandon Graydon saying that Cruz " is an enchanting screen presence ," and Ethan Alter of the Film Journal International noting that Cruz and her co-star Cruise were " able to generate some actual chemistry.

" Her next film was Blow, adapted from Bruce Porter's 1993 book Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $ 100 million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All.

" Her final 2005 film was Don't Move playing Italia.

Her family pointed out that, although she had been omitted, R & B singer / actress Aaliyah, who died a few months earlier, was included though having been in only one moderately successful film, Romeo Must Die ( Queen of the Damned had yet to be released ).

As of August 2012, Jonze's next project is Her, a science fiction romance film starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Samantha Morton, Olivia Wilde, and Rooney Mara.

Her final screen appearance was in the 1991 film The Shepherd and the Women, directed by her ex-husband Ali Badrakhan.