ABOUT ABBEY LINCOLN
Singer and songwriter who sang on "We Insist!" and released the album Abbey Lincoln's Affair - A Story of a Girl in Love.
She grew up in rural Michigan, the tenth of twelve children in her family.
Her stage name is a symbolic joining Westminster Abbey and Abraham Lincoln .
She married musician Max Roach .
She was an accomplished actress, co-starring with Sidney Poitier in the film For Love of Ivy.
