Monette Moore born 19 May 1902

Monette Moore (May 19, 1902 – October 21, 1962) was an American jazz and classic female blues singer who was always a bit obscure, even when recording prolifically in the 1920s, but she was a surprisingly versatile blues and swing singer with a pleasing delivery of her own. 

Moore was born in Gainesville, Texas and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. She taught herself to play the piano in her teens and worked as a theater pianist in Kansas City in the early 1920s. During that decade she worked in many cities (including Chicago, Dallas and Oklahoma City) and spent a period singing regularly with Charlie Johnson's Paradise Ten at Small's Paradise. In addition to her own recordings, Moore recorded a few titles with Johnson from 1927-28 (including "You Ain't the One" and "Don't You Leave Me Here"). 

                                   

She recorded 44 songs from 1923 to 1927, with a few under various names such as Nettie Potter, Ethel Mayes and Susie Smith. Her sidemen included Tommy Ladnier, Jimmy O'Bryant, Jimmy Blythe, Bob Fuller, Rex Stewart, Bubber Miley, and Elmer Snowden. From 1924 to 1941, she worked in theaters and clubs in New York. She appeared with Lucky Millinder at the Lafayette Theater in 1931 and performed at her own club, Monette's Place, in New York City in 1933 where a young Billie Holiday sang. She worked three years as Ethel Waters' understudy. 

Although the blues became less popular during the Depression, Moore worked fairly steadily in the 1930s and '40s, including recording two selections with Fats Waller in 1932, and 1936 plus performing with Zinky Cohn in Chicago in 1937. Moore performed primarily in New York and eventually Hollywood. After a return to New York during which time she worked with Sidney Bechet and Sammy Price, she permanently settled in Los Angeles in November 1942 where she performed regularly at L.A. area nightclubs. She appeared in James P. Johnson's revue Sugar Hill (about 1949) and played minor roles in numerous films including Yes Sir, Mr. Bones (1951) and The Outsider. Moore recorded again from 1945 to 1947. She also recorded “Peace Sister Peace” with the Ebonaires in 1949 for Columbia records whilst staring in the musical Sugar Hill at the Los Palmas Theatre in L.A. In 1950 she recorded “Rocking Chair” with the Crystalette All Stars. 

She made a brief cameo appearance in the 1954 remake of A Star is Born, starring Judy Garland. Moore sang a brief refrain in the song-and-dance number, "Lose That Long Face", which was edited out of the film before it was released. This extended version of the song has been reconstructed, and can be seen on YouTube..She continued to perform in local venues, but also worked as a maid and restroom attendant. She played with the Young Men of New Orleans at Disneyland in 1961–1962 before dying from a heart attack on October 21, 1962 in Garden Grove, California. 

(Edited from Wikipedia & AllMusic)

Here’s Monette Moore and Louis Armstrong in a clip from  "Disneyland After Dark" film from 1961. The appearance takes place on the Mark Twain riverboat and is notable for reuniting Armstrong with his Hot Five session-mates Kid Ory and Johnny St. Cyr. Singer Monette Moore opened with a shouting version of "Kansas City" and ends with Armstrong and Monette Moore duetting on "Bourbon Street Parade," another suitably fun performance of a song Armstrong rarely played.