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Known as Canada's first lady of jazz, Eleanor Collins broke barriers by headlining her own national television series and worked with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Oscar Peterson.

"Collins was born on Nov. 21, 1919, in Edmonton. Her parents had joined hundreds of Black homesteaders who migrated from Oklahoma and settled on the Prairies. By 15, Collins won a singing contest which led her to sing on radio station CFRN.

By the late 1930s she moved to Vancouver, where she sang on the radio with the gospel group Swing Low Quartet."

Here she is singing Look to the Rainbow.

Luxury Secrets is dedicated to Ms. Collins for her exceptional contribution to Canadian Jazz.

Antagonist Adriana sings numerous Collins numbers at a Vancouver charity event.