Jean Dickenson (December 10, 1913 – January 26, 2007) is an American sprano singer who performed on radio and on the stage.
[1] She was known as "The Nightengale of the Airways" during her thirteen years with NBC's radio show The American Album of Familiar Music.
[3][4] Her father's work took him to several countries, with the family living in New York, San Francisco, the Philippines, India, Europe, and South Africa before settling in Denver, Colorado, when Dickenson was 14 years old.
[3] During her final year at Lamont, Dickenson was featured on the NBC radio program Golden Melodies, which originated at KOA in Denver.
[2][7] She then went to New York CIty where she was known as "the Nightengale of the Airways" on NBC radio's The American Album of Familiar Music.