Jackie Cain

One of the most celebrated female jazz vocalists of the 1950s, Jackie Cain was best known as the female half of Jackie & Roy, a popular duo in which she paired up with Roy Kral, her pianist, vocal partner, and husband. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 22, 1928, Cain was raised by her mother after her parents divorced when she seven; her mother loved music, and Jackie grew up listening to jazz on the radio and soaking up its influence. As she became a teenager, she studied voice and started appearing on local radio programs, later signing up with a local band that played da...