Elisabeth Welch, pioneering Broadway singer, succumbs at 99. (Census).(Brief Article)(Obituary) From: Jet | Date: August 4, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Johnson Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Elisabeth Welch, the American-born singer who introduced the Charleston on Broadway and had show-stopping successes with Cole Porter's Love For Sale and Harold Arlen's Stormy Weather, died at a retirement home in north London. She was 99.

A woman of poise with a mellow voice, Welch spent much of her career on the musical stage.

Born in New York City to a Scottish-born mother and a father of African-American and American Indian descent, she sang from an early a...