Signe toly anderson biography

American singer (–)

Musical artist

Signe Toly Anderson (SIG-nee;^[1] born Signe Toly; September 15, – January 28, ) was an American singer who was one of the founding members of the American rock band Jefferson Airplane.

Early life

Signe Toly was born in Seattle, Washington on September 15, ^[2] Her parents divorced when she was three, and her mother raised her in Portland, Oregon.^[3] Toly sang in a band with three male musicians she had known in high school, under the name Three Guys and a Gal. The group performed at a campaign event for John F.

Kennedy in November ^[4]

Jefferson Airplane

Toly was a locally-known and well-respected jazz and folk singer in San Francisco, where Marty Balin heard her perform and invited her to join his band, soon named Jefferson Airplane.^[2]

Soon after joining the Airplane, Signe married one of the Merry Pranksters, Jerry Anderson; the marriage lasted from to She s Signe Anderson, Jefferson Airplane’s High Flying Bird BYK