"Put together a world-class recording studio with a Grammy award winning recording engineer, Chris Bell, the engineer of the Eagles’ latest #1 hit album, and undoubtedly the amazing vocal abilities of SYDNEY CLAIRE were destined to sound great on this single." Sydney Claire is an American singer with a long, rich history in jazz and blues. Born and raised in Louisiana, the birthplace of jazz, Sydney Claire is known for her rich, deep, bluesy, soulful voice and fresh vocal interpretations of The Great American Songbook. Critics have described Sydney Claire as the "songstress with the warmest, richest voice of sultry low notes mixed with the feeling of a young girl's innocence and amazing soul stirring vibrato." Her voice is a modern day Ella Fitzgerald. She is being described as the female equivalent of Harry Connick, Jr. and Michael Buble. While Sydney Claire has been singing professionally her entire life, the past 20 years have been strongly focused in jazz and blues. Here, however, Sydney knocks it out of the ballpark yet again with her fall 2012 release of I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues. And while Sydney Claire's I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues is a little more mainstream than her usual jazz and blues, Sydney Claire's jazz and blues influence can certainly be heard in her rendition of this mainstream hit. One wonders why other great female singers have not covered this chart topping hit. It isn't long, however, until one realizes that most other female singers cannot sing the low notes and in the low, breathy register that Sydney Claire can. Perhaps this tune has been covered by other female singers, but invariably the female singers have had to take it up a notch or two to a higher key. Not Sydney Claire, though. Her contralto vocal abilities are truly amazing. Sydney’s performance of Peel Me a Grape her on fall 2012 album Rocks In My Bed reaches down to an unbelievable C below middle C and yet still rings true as feminine, soft, sexy, and rich. No other female singer comes to mind who can sing as clear as a bell and as comfortably a whole octave below middle C. Sydney's voice is truly one of a kind. And while the arrangement is spot-on of the original recording, and thus oh-so nostalgic, Sydney Claire's voice is remarkably new, fresh, warm, and smooth. A real joy to the listener. Sydney Claire's voice possesses a remarkably commercial sound with a real and substantive technique that only a lifetime of singing and performing could garner. The industry is taking notice of this iconic Louisiana voice. The new voice of the 21st century. Sydney's inspiration comes from the rich sounds of such great jazz legends as Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, King Oliver, Count Basie, and Cab Calloway. Sydney's blues inspiration comes from the late great Leadbelly, particularly his Black Betty from his Library of Congress recordings, an obvious influence on her a capella title track Rocks In My Bed on her fall 2012 full album release Rocks In My Bed, available on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, Spotify, etc. Visit www.sydneyclaire.com Industry Single Description Single Name: I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues Single Type: Solo Artist Studio Single Release Date & Territory: October 2, 2012, word wide Genre: Adult Contemporary/ Easy Listening/ Smooth Jazz/ Blues/ Bossa Nova/ 1970s/ 1980s/ Top 40 Artist: Sydney Claire, an American female singer from Louisiana with a long, rich background in jazz & blues Engineer: Chris Bell, Grammy award-winning. Engineered many Grammy- winning projects. Engineered many big industry names, including: The Eagles; Peter Gabriel; U2; Mick Jagger; Trisha Yearwood; Miranda Lambert; Everclear; Destiny's Child; Earth Wind & Fire; Fuel; The Polyphonic Spree; Erykah Badu. Elected to the Board of Governors of the Recording Academy, Bell has served in many roles at the Academy including Governor, 1st Vice President, President, and Trustee. Studio: Blade Studios, a full service state-of-the-art recording studio designed by world-renowned studio architect Russ Berger. Located in Shreveport, Louisiana. Label: Frankly Scarlett Records, LLC. P.O. Box 5207, Shreveport, Louisiana, 71135. (318) 779-4643 Label Type: Indie Copyright: 2012, The copyright in the musical recordings of I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues is owned by Frankly Scarlett Records, LLC, P.O. Box 5207, Shreveport, Louisiana, 71135. (318) 779-4643; The copyright of the musical recordings in I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. Brands affiliated: SYDNEY CLAIRE Brand Trademark: The brand trademark "SYDNEY CLAIRE" is federally protected as filed with the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Visit http://sydneyclaire.com/