My One and Only Love - A Big Band Love Story 1938-2021

Helen Day was born in 1923 to a poor family in rural Indiana. Helen dreamt of playing in the school band but had no means to acquire an instrument - until her domestic-worker mom rescued a clarinet from the trash. Two years later Helen's band director lent her the school's saxophone. She fell in love.

In 1942, at age 19, Helen began an 11-year career on the road. Even when she left the road to be a 1950s housewife, Helen never left music. It was her everything; her heart and soul. After nearly two decades of practicing and waiting to perform, Helen joined a local pick-up group - and was never without a band again! In 1989 Helen began her second musical heyday that lasted 31 more years.

This is Helen's story.