Los Angeles Times profiles document Weldon's Holdenville upbringing, professional start in Hawaii and Japan, Bakersfield and Los Angeles career, and jazz/blues performance. A separate Los Angeles Times review identifies Washington Rucker and Louis Spears in her trio, while AllMusic supplies discography and Broadway context.
Oklahoma connection
High: Los Angeles Times identifies Holdenville, Oklahoma, upbringing; archival and discographic sources document her jazz/blues career.
Hall of Fame account
The Hall catalog lists Maxine Weldon as a Jazz/Blues Vocalist inducted in 1999.