{{Short description|American jazz and blues singer (1927–2022)}} '''Pat Yankee''' (July 20, 1927 – May 30, 2022) was an American jazz and blues singer.

Yankee was born in Lodi, California<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/saratoga/ci_21001312/legendary-jazz-singer-pat-yankee-knocks-them-out|title=Legendary jazz singer Pat Yankee knocks them out of their seats with Nick's opening '85th year' celebration|date=3 July 2012 |accessdate=7 July 2014}}</ref> and had a long career as a performing musician. She was also in the 1946 film ''It's Great to Be Young'' as Anita. She performed in an off-Broadway musical ''Basin Street'' in 1983 (in the New Federal Theatre).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Off Broadway Musicals, 1910-2007: Casts, Credits, Songs, Critical Reception and Performance Data of More Than 1,800 Shows|author=Dan Dietz|publisher=McFarland|date=9 March 2010|isbn=9780786457311|page=36}}</ref>

Yankee died on May 30, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title='By and large, I've had a wonderful life': Lodi native, jazz legend Pat Yankee dead |url=https://www.lodinews.com/news/article_cd076af6-e861-11ec-a3ab-2b5ed87a2c97.html |publisher=Lodi News |access-date=2 December 2022|date=June 11, 2022}}</ref>

==Discography== * ''Pat Yankee Salutes Louis Armstrong'' (GHB, 1998) * ''Pat Yankee Sings Saloon Songs'' (GHB, 2000) * ''Salute to Saloon Tunes Vol. 2'' (GHB, 2003) * ''Together at Last'' (GHB, 2004) * ''Remembering Sophie Tucker'' (GHB, 2005)

'''With Turk Murphy''' * ''Music for Wise Guys & Boosters, Card Sharps & Crap Shooters'' (Roulette, 1959) * ''At the Roundtable'' (Roulette, 1959) * ''Let the Good Times Roll'' (RCA Victor, 1962)

==Filmography== * Anita in It's Great to Be Young 1946

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==External links== * P Clute, C Clute, J Goggin, B Helm. [https://books.google.com/books?id=MngCTTISP2oC ''Meet Me at Mcgoon's''] - Google Books

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