American singer in the orchestra of
Gordon Jenkins.
Born: 2 February 1914 in Bristow, Oklahoma, USA.
Died: December 1996. Sister of
Judy Freeland.
She is credited as Beverly Mahr in 1953 on the
Seven Dreams LP (Decca DL 9011). She married Jenkins, and they had a son. In 1964, Beverly Jenkins recorded an album for Impulse! entitled
Gordon Jenkins Presents My Wife The Blues Singer.
Prior to Jenkins, she was married to songwriter
Herman Carl Curley Mahr (m. 1937) Her name then is sometimes misspelled Maher.