Kitty Kallen
Kitty Kallen was a band singer, and later a soloist, who lit up bandstands with a handful of top leaders during the '40s. She's remembered for three reasons: big-band fans know that she was the one who replaced Helen O'Connell in the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra in 1943, also that she sang the vocal chorus on a pair of Harry James hits, "I'm Beginning to See the Light" and "It's Been a Long, Long Time," and virtually everyone with a radio in 1954 knew that she recorded the year's most popular song, "Little Things Mean a Lot." Her career lasted more than 20 years, but it was sporadic at best, with the major successes listed above virtually the only popularity she achieved.
Born in Philadelphia in 1922, she was a gifted mimic who won talent shows and also appeared on children's radio shows by the mid-'30s. Kallen was still a teenager when she began singing with bands (including Jan Savitt and Artie Shaw), and she earned her first full-time role in 1940 with Jack Teagarden's Orchestra. Two years later, she joined Tommy Dorsey, and appeared on several hits, including "Besame Mucho" and "Star Eyes" (plus a 1943 film, I Dood It). One year later, she had jumped ship again, this time to the Harry James band, where she struck gold again with a pair of dreamy Hit Parade toppers, "I'm Beginning to See the Light" and "It's Been a Long, Long Time." Two additional hits followed -- "I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" and "I'll Buy That Dream" -- both of which were in the same mold as her previous features.
After the end of World War II, during the late '40s, Kallen sang on several radio programs, appeared as a solo act in clubs nationwide, and recorded for labels including Musicraft and Signature. Nothing clicked in a big way until 1953, when a contract with Decca paid dividends with a pair of million-sellers, "Little Things Mean a Lot" (her signature song) and "In the Chapel in the Moonlight." Kallen proved popular on television, although by the mid-'50s, she began to be swept aside by rock-oriented pop music. She made brief comebacks in 1959 with Columbia and 1962 with RCA, but 1963 was the last year for her on the pop charts, with "My Coloring Book."
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When They Ask About You (Billboard Hot 100 - No 4)
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Kitty Kallen
Pop - Paru chez Music Manager le 5 nov. 2020
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Les plus grandes chanteuses américaines : Kitty Kallen, Vol. 1
Pop - Paru chez Mpm le 31 mars 2022
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Sweet Kentucky Rose
Pop - Paru chez Classic Records le 16 févr. 2010
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The Spirit of Christmas - Baby Brother (Santa Claus, Dear Santa Claus) (The Official 1954 Christmas Seal Sale Song)
Kitty Kallen, Orchestra Jack Pleis
Pop - Paru chez Christmas Album le 30 nov. 2020
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Nostalgic Memories-The Very Best Of Kitty Kallen-Vol. 144
Jazz - Paru chez RP-DSP le 23 nov. 2011
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If I Give My Heart to You
Rock - Paru chez DESPERATE le 7 mai 2015
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I Don't Want To Walk Without You
Jazz vocal - Paru chez Ling Music Group le 29 juill. 2011
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That Old Feeling
Jazz vocal - Paru chez SINETONE AMR le 29 août 2014
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The Greatest Of Kitty Kallen, Margaret Whiting & Joni James (All Tracks Remastered)
Kitty Kallen, Margaret Whiting, Joni James
Pop - Paru chez Millennium Digital Remaster le 16 sept. 2022
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If I Give My Heart To You (Original Album plus Bonus Tracks 1960)
Kitty Kallen, Milton DeLugg Orchestra
Pop - Paru chez Vocal Classics le 30 nov. 2016
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But Beautiful
Jazz vocal - Paru chez SINETONE AMR le 29 août 2014
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Kitty Kallen and Friends
Jazz vocal - Paru chez SINETONE AMR le 29 août 2014
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Little Things Mean a Lot
Jazz vocal - Paru chez SINETONE AMR le 29 août 2014
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How About Me
Jazz vocal - Paru chez SINETONE AMR le 29 août 2014
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Dream of You
Jazz vocal - Paru chez SINETONE AMR le 29 août 2014
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Always in My Heart / Blue Doll (All Tracks Remastered)
Pop - Paru chez Hit Singles Records le 9 nov. 2019
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Driftwood on the River / Need Me (Remastered 2020)
Pop - Paru chez Hit Singles Records le 24 août 2020
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