Jerri Winters, born in 1930, was a singer from Terre Haute, Indiana. In 1948, she won top honours on Horace Heidt’s radio program and toured as a singer with the show. Later, she moved to Chicago, where she worked as a model and a dance instructor at Arthur Murray’s dance studio. In early 1952, she was selected from 500 contestants to join the Stan Kenton band, replacing June Christy. The search was sponsored by disc jockey Gene Norman in Hollywood. She recorded several songs with Stan Kenton, including “Adios”, “All Because of You”, and “She’s a Comely Wench”.