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JAZZ/BLUES/GOSPEL/SOUL

Ms. Harringtons career began in 1969 with tours to South East Asia, where she performed for the United States military in various U.S.O. shows during the Vietnam War.
Ms. Harrington was a featured performer at the Las Vegas Flamingo Hotel from 1975 through 1977.
During this time she was also featured in lead roles in the National tours of "Norman Is That You" and "Two Gentlemen From Verona",
and was also featured in the American television series "Days Of Our Lives".

Ms. Harrington went on to work with such artists as Billy Daniels, Lloyd Bridges, Frank Sinatra Jr., Sammy Davis Jr. and Lionel Hampton who told her "Two aries should not work together and she should get her own show" which she proceeded to do by moving to Europe in 1980.

Ms. Harrington has performed in Europe and Scandinavia as the opening act for Joan Armatrading 1982 in Oslo.
She was also invited to sing for Bishop Desmond Tutu in Oslo after he received the Nobel Peace Price.  Ms. Harrington has performed with the Kenn Lending Blues Band as the opening act for B. B. King 1989 in Copenhagen, with Champion Jack Dupree, Luther Allison, Nat Adderley, Papa Bue’s Royal Viking Jazzband, the Humphrey Lyttleton Band and the Dutch Swing College Band. Ms. Harrington has also appeared with the Danish Radio Big Band, the Oslo Radio Big Band, the NDR Radio Big Band, the Ljubljana Radio Big Band as well as radio and TV productions either as an opening act or as the guest soloist.

Since then, Ms. Harrington has gone on to produce and write two albums and nine CD’s and featured as a soloist on many other productions. She has written several musicals, "Streets Of Harlem", produced in Oslo, and "What My Eyes Have Seen", produced in Hamburg.
Ms. Harrington also preformes Gala evenings under the titles of
"A Tribute To Cole Porter" and "A Tribute to Dinah Washington";
 Ms. Harrington has attempted to reform the original trio of Ms. Washington by using Keter Betts on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums,
and of course the Gospel and Spiritual evening,
"A Tribute To Mahalia Jackson", where every performance ended with a standing ovation, in places like the "Alte Oper" in Frankfurt to the smallest villages.

Ms. Harrington had many shows aboard international cruiseships with her wide range of performances.

Since 1993, Ms. Harrington has produced the "North German Gospel And Spritual Festival" under the Protection of the President of Cabinet Mr. Schröder with concerts over Northern Germany. In the year 2000 Ms. Harrington and her Gospel Train were the musical highlight of the CHIO International Horse Riding Competition in Aachen, Germany which was presented live by the WDR-Television.

The highlights of Ms. Harrington’s career was being the guest soloist by special request of the American Ambassador to Poland, Mr. Hill, to sing for the “First Anniversary in Memory of the Victims of 9/11”.
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