Pat Yankee

{{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{{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}} 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).{{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}}

Yankee died on May 30, 2022.{{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}}