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I was a 12 year old kid in Northern Idaho listening to Billie Holiday and Lena Horne and Sarah Vaughan and Nat King Cole. This whole genre of music is a part of who I am.

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Cheyenne Jackson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: July 12
Actor
Film Actor
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Spokane
Washington
Cheyenne David Jackson
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Lena
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