This is FRESH AIR. Wesla Whitfield, the opera singer turned cabaret singer celebrated for her treatment of songs from the Great American Songbook, died last Friday at age 70. She is survived by her ...

Wesla Whitfield, who overcame partial paralysis to become a preeminent vocal stylist, winning acclaim for her interpretations of the Great American Songbook and acquiring a devoted following that ...

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Whitfield, who died Feb. 9, started in the San Francisco Opera in the 1970s before moving on to piano bars. She later performed regularly at New York's Algonquin Hotel. Originally broadcast in 1988.