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Old-school expertise and unerring musicianship solidify Cole's status as jazz's premier singer.

IRIDIUM 1650 Broadway, at 51st St. (212-582-2121) — June 7-10: Freddie Cole, jazz's premier singer, gets first-class reinforcement from the tenor saxophonist Houston Person.

"She was Puerto Rico's premier singer, representing the island to the world," Joe Conzo Sr., a music historian and author of "Mambo Diablo: My Journey With Tito Puente" (2010), said in an interview on Thursday.

The greatest achievement of his career so far is "The Voice of Lightness" (2007), a 29-track double-CD package that cherry-picks music from the Congolese singer-bandleader Tabu Ley Rochereau's career from 1961 to 1977, when he was Africa's premier singer.

"20 Feet From Stardom" This warmly appealing look at rock's premier backup singers features powerhouse vocals from the likes of Darlene Love, Merry Clayton and Lisa Fischer.

Performing almost exclusively for white audiences who saw her as an oddity, she was nonetheless widely acclaimed the premier African-American singer of her time.

Now 53 and regarded as Brazil's premier female pop singer-songwriter, Ms. Lee said she found the Os Mutantes' belated discovery abroad "amusing and gratifying, but at the same time not all that surprising".

The Canadian singer premiered the video for single "Oh No" from her latest album.

She also extended her business ventures and in February 2014 the singer premiered MDNA Skin, a range of skin care products, in Tokyo, Japan.

Warner Bros. caused a seismic sensation Oct. 6, 1927, when the studio premiered "The Jazz Singer," the first feature that included sound using synchronized dialogue sequences.

The "Come & Get It" singer premiered the video for her latest single, "The Heart Wants What It Wants," and discussed its autobiographical origins on "On Air With Ryan Seacrest" on Thursday.