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Myra Taylor, born Myra Jardine Render on February 24, 1917 in Bonner Springs, Kansas, was an American jazz singer and songwriter. She began performing as a teenager, touring the Midwest with Clarence Love's band in the 1930s before moving to Chicago. In 1940, she joined Harlan Leonard’s band, recording "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" for RCA's Bluebird Records label and had a hit with "The Spider and the Fly" in 1946 with Jimmy Keith Orchestra. After spending most of the 1950s in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, she returned to the United States in 1977. Taylor released her album My Night to Dream on September 11, 2001 and continued performing until July 24, 2011. She passed away on December 9, 2011 at Swope Ridge Geriatric Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
