European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Nellie Lutcher new Yorks latest Queen of the blues is velvet voiced Nellie the Jet Lack contralto was discovered by Capitol rec Fivelo Ottine Nellie tickles the piano and sings with a rollick ing Shes a contralto who uses her her born in 1915 in Lake Nellie is the daughter of a professional Bass she trained As a pianist but was another part of the floor shows until the record people discovered her in 1947 and she started Mak ing Alice pe4rce around Alice Pearce is the Gid with plenty of the critics have come to like her dumb girl singing act and crazy fur and Feather accessories in spite of the fact that she is a Debutante right off Sutton and the daughter of a new York Alices was opposed to her singing career As he was to her Short term Job in Macys Bloomer department until the first time he heard Alice has developed a completely Zany stage manner and an important part of her act is her accompanist Mark Lawrence who also writes the weird new lyrics she sings to old Dorothy Shay Park Avenue hillbilly Dorothy Shay caught the footlights when she toured army Camps during the the lbs singing Star of spotlight has since that time won radio and record National awards for her popu Lar Cowboy