Toni Aubin

Toni Aubin
Background information
Birth name	Maria Antoinette Rubio
Born	(1927-09-22)September 22, 1927 Antioch, California, U.S.
Died	February 10, 1990(1990-02-10) (aged 62) San Joaquin, California
Genres	Vocal jazz, swing
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1947–1950
Labels	Black & White

Toni Aubin (née Maria Antoinette Rubio; 22 September 1927 – 10 February 1990) was an American jazz vocalist who sang with big bands in the 1940s.

Career

Aubin is most known as a featured singer with

In 1947, Aubin, while singing with the Louis Ohls Orchestra,

Pseudonym

Her stage name is that of the French composer Tony Aubin.

Family

Both of Aubin's parents – Mike Rubio (né Miguel Rubio Peña; 1882–1933) and Frances Espinosa Rubio (1891–1985) – were born in the Andalusia region of southern Spain and immigrated to the United States in 1913.^[3] Aubin (Maria Antoinette Rubio) was married from 1947 to 1949 to Howard Ansley Phillips (1929–2010), who played baritone saxophone in the Spencer Orchestra from 1947-49, and then settled in Las Vegas, where he would play for all of the major hotels for the next four plus decades. Ms Aubin (Rubio) ^[4] gave birth to a girl in 1951, but gave her up for adoption (identity and whereabouts unknown). She also had a son, Ian Charles Phillips (born 30 Sep 1949 Pasadena, California), whom she raised.

In 1954, she married Jack Stanley Lanning (1923–2000), they had 4 more children, 2 sons and 2 daughters. They remained married until her death.

Discography