Nanette Workman

Nanette Joan Workman born 20 November 1945 Brooklyn New York United States is a singersongwriter actress and author who has been based in Quebec Canada during much of her career She holds dual citizenship of both the United States and Canada She was raised by musician parents in Jackson Mississippi where she began her first performances Although raised as an English speaker she mainly performs in French She has recorded with wellknown musicians in the US Canada UK and France and has been recognized in Mississippi by being elected to that states Musicians Hall of Fame and having a Francophone house named after her at the state university Workman was born in Brooklyn New York on 20 November 1945 to musician parents Her mother Beatryce Kreisman was in the chorus of Naughty Marietta with the New York City Opera Company and her father Ernest Workman played trumpet in Tommy Dorseys orchestra She grew up in Jackson Mississippi As a child she studied piano and began her career at 11 appearing in the local WLBT television series Mr Magic later Junior Time until she was given her own weekly show Teen Tempos She graduated from Provine High School and attended the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg leaving college at 18 for Broadway After understudying the lead of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying she played the role of Rosemary in 1964 and later played the lead in summer stock In 1966 Workman met Tony Roman and recorded her first French single Et Maintenant for him in Canada where the song remained on the charts for fifteen weeks after becoming number one Over the next two years she became a Canadian recording and TV star finally hosting Fleurs damour fleurs damitié In 1969 Workman moved to England where she appeared weekly on Peter Cook and Dudley Moores comedy series Not Only But Also Mistakenly credited as Nanette Newman Workman sang backing vocals on You Cant Always Get What You Want and Country Honk the acoustic precursor to Honky Tonk Women tracks from The Rolling Stones 1969 album Let It Bleed shes credited as Nanette Newman and some have confused her with the British actress married to director Bryan Forbes She also worked with John Lennon and Elton John In addition she appeared in one of the blackandwhite episodes of The Benny Hill Show appearing as Nanette performing Everybodys Singing Like Now on the 24 February 1971 edition Source Article Nanette Workman from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30