Wesla Whitfield
Wesla Whitfield | |
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Wesla Whitfield, from a 1976 newspaper | |
| Born | Weslia Marie Edwards September 15, 1947 Santa Maria, California, U.S. |
| Died | February 9, 2018 (aged 70) St. Helena, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Singer |
Wesla Whitfield (born Weslia Marie Edwards, September 15, 1947 – February 9, 2018) was an American singer who recorded more than a score of albums and performed at Carnegie Hall and the White House, among other sites. She used a wheelchair for the last four decades of her life, after surviving a gunshot injury. She specialized in the American standards genre of music.