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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Honky Tonk Angel
Vokalmusik (weltlich und geistlich) - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 11.09.1961
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That Old Feeling (Billboard Hot 100 - No 55)
Pop - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 13.11.2020
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If I Give My Heart To You (Billboard Hot 100 - No. 34)
Pop - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 19.12.2018
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Little Things Mean a Lot
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 16.07.2015
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The Greatest Hits Collection
Jazz - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 13.07.2015
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If I Give My Heart To You
Pop - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 01.01.1960
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Kitty Kallen - Vintage Sounds
Pop - Erschienen bei Retro Music Box am 04.11.2021
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When They Ask About You (Billboard Hot 100 - No 4)
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Kitty Kallen
Pop - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 05.11.2020
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Les plus grandes chanteuses américaines : Kitty Kallen, Vol. 1
Pop - Erschienen bei Mpm am 31.03.2022
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Sweet Kentucky Rose
Pop - Erschienen bei Classic Records am 16.02.2010
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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 - Erschienen bei Christmas Album am 30.11.2020
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Nostalgic Memories-The Very Best Of Kitty Kallen-Vol. 144
Jazz - Erschienen bei RP-DSP am 23.11.2011
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If I Give My Heart to You
Rock - Erschienen bei DESPERATE am 07.05.2015
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I Don't Want To Walk Without You
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei Ling Music Group am 29.07.2011
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That Old Feeling
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei SINETONE AMR am 29.08.2014
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All the Best
Lounge - Erschienen bei Vintage Jukebox am 07.06.2019
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The Greatest Of Kitty Kallen, Margaret Whiting & Joni James (All Tracks Remastered)
Kitty Kallen, Margaret Whiting, Joni James
Pop - Erschienen bei Millennium Digital Remaster am 16.09.2022
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If I Give My Heart To You (Original Album plus Bonus Tracks 1960)
Kitty Kallen, Milton DeLugg Orchestra
Pop - Erschienen bei Vocal Classics am 30.11.2016
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But Beautiful
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei SINETONE AMR am 29.08.2014
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Kitty Kallen and Friends
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei SINETONE AMR am 29.08.2014
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