Kitty Kallen
American singer (1921–2016) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kitty Kallen (born Katie Kallen; May 25, 1921 – January 7, 2016) was an American singer whose career spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, to include the Swing era of the Big Band years, the post-World War II pop scene and the early years of rock 'n roll. Kallen performed with popular big band leaders of the 1940s, including Jimmy Dorsey and Harry James,[1] before establishing a solo career.
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Born | Katie Kallen (1921-05-25)May 25, 1921 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | January 7, 2016(2016-01-07) (aged 94) Cuernavaca, Mexico |
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Children | Jonathan Granoff |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 1930s–1965 |
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She is widely known for her 1954 solo recording '"Little Things Mean a Lot", a song that stayed at the U.S. Billboard number one spot for nine consecutive weeks and took top honor as 1954's #1 song of the year, charted in the U.S. for almost seven months, hit No. 1 on the UK singles chart, and sold more than two million copies.[2] Voted "most popular female singer" in 1954 in both Billboard and Variety polls,[3] Kallen lost her voice at the London Palladium in 1955 at the top of her career[4][3][5] and stopped singing before an audience for four years.[4] After testing her voice under a pseudonym in small town venues, she ultimately returned and went on to achieve 13 top-ten career hits.