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|name = Kitty Kallen |image= File:Kitty Kallen in Central Park.jpg |caption = Kallen in 1947 |birth_name = Katie Kallen |birth_date = {{birth date|1921|05|25|mf=y}} |birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2016|01|07|1921|05|25|mf=y}} |death_place = Cuernavaca, Mexico |spouse = Bernard Granoff (1948-1996; his death); 1 child |module = {{Infobox musical artist |embed=yes |background = solo_singer |genre = {{flat list|
|years_active =1939–1965 |instrument = Vocals |label = {{flat list|
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}} Kitty Kallen (born Katie Kallen; May 25, 1921 – January 7, 2016) was an American popular singer whose career spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, to include the Swing era of the Big Band years, the post-WWII 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. She is widely known for her 1954 solo recording '"Little Things Mean a Lot", a song that stayed at the U.S. number one spot for nine consecutive weeks, charted in the U.S. for almost seven months, hit #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][3] 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. Early lifeBorn Katie Kallen (her birth name has been at times erroneously reported as Katherine Kalinsky)[4][4] on May 25, 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[5][6] she was one of seven children,[7] to Russian Jewish immigrants Samuel and Rose Kalinsky (later Kallen). As a child, she won an amateur contest by imitating popular singers. When she returned home with her prize, a camera, her father did not believe her, and punished her for stealing the camera. Only when neighbors subsequently visited to congratulate her did Kallen's father realize she had actually won it.[8] CareerAs a young girl, she sang on The Children's Hour, a radio program sponsored by Horn & Hardart, an automat chain. As a preteen, Kallen had a radio program on Philadelphia's WCAU and sang with the big bands of Jan Savitt[6] in 1936, Artie Shaw in 1938,[9] and Jack Teagarden in 1940. Shortly before her 21st birthday, on May 5, 1942, she sang the vocals for "Moonlight Becomes You", with Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra at the second ever session for what was then still called Liberty Records but would soon be renamed Capitol Records. It was her only session for the label. At 21, she joined the Jimmy Dorsey band, replacing Helen O'Connell. One of her recordings with Dorsey was a favorite of American servicemen "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" which reached the No. 2 position in the Billboard charts in 1944.[10] The same year, Kallen performed the vocals for Dorsey's number-one hit "Besame Mucho". Most of her singing assignments were in duets with Bob Eberly, and when Eberly left to go into the service toward the end of 1943, she joined Harry James's band. Between January and November 1945, she had two songs recorded with the Harry James Orchestra in the top twenty, six in the top ten, and two at the #1 spot: "I'm Beginning to See the Light" and "It's Been a Long, Long Time", which remains deeply associated with the end of World War II and the returning troops. In 1951, Kallen appeared with Buster Crabbe as the Queen and King of Winter at the Lake Placid resort.[11] With the 1954 hit "Little Things Mean a Lot", she was voted the most popular female singer in Billboard and Variety polls. AllMusic called the recording a "monster hit",[5] and music historian Jonny Whiteside said the song "ably characterizes Kallen’s impressive, and graceful, transition from classic big band swing to modern post-war pop."[12] She followed up the song with "In the Chapel in the Moonlight", another million selling record,[2] in the U.S. and a version of "True Love" for Decca. Kallen performed at numerous prominent live venues including Manhattan's Copacabana, Morris Levy's Versailles, the Capitol Theater, the Maisonette Room at the St. Regis,[13] the Cafe Rouge at the Hotel Pennsylvania and the Plaza Hotel's Persian Room. As well, she starred on Broadway in Finian's Rainbow; in the 1955 film The Second Greatest Sex[22] and on numerous television shows including The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, The Big Beat with singer-host Richard Hayes,[14] American Bandstand, and Fred Allen's Judge for Yourself. In 1959, she recorded "If I Give My Heart to You" for Columbia Records, and in 1963, she recorded a top-selling version of "My Coloring Book" for RCA. Her final album was Quiet Nights, a bossa nova–flavored release for 20th Century Fox Records. Subsequently, she retired from a lung ailment. During the height of her popularity, three imposters billed themselves as Kitty Kallen. When one of them, Genevieve Agostinello, died in 1978, it was incorrectly reported that Kallen herself had died.[15][16] On February 8, 1960, Kallen received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (located on the north side of Hollywood Boulevard at #7021). A compilation of her hits on various labels remains available on the Sony CD set The Kitty Kallen Story. MarriagesWhile performing with Jack Teagarden's band, she married Clint Garvin, the band's clarinet player. When Teagarden fired Garvin, Kallen left as well, later annulling the marriage. In 1948, Kallen married Bernard "Budd" Granoff, a publicist, agent, and television producer[17] — who later became a pioneering television syndicator.[17] The couple, married for over forty-five years until Granoff's death in 1996, had a son, Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute and Adjunct Professor of International Law at Widener University School of Law.[17] Later yearsIn 1977, Kallen sued her dermatologist, Norman Orentreich, after he prescribed an estrogen drug, Premarin, for her small facial wrinkles. She subsequently suffered blood clots in her lungs, caused directly by the drug, and was awarded $300,000 by a court.[18] In 2008, Kallen joined artists Patti Page, Tony Martin, Dick Hyman, Richard Hayman and the estates of Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Sarah Vaughan, Woody Herman, Les Brown, the Mills Brothers, Jerry Murad, Frankie Laine, and the gospel singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe in a suit against the world's then largest music label,[19] Universal Music Group, alleging the company had cheated them on royalties.[20] In 2009, Kallen was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame. Kallen died on January 7, 2016 at her home in Cuernavaca, Mexico, at the age of 94.[21] Singles discography
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References1. ^{{Cite news|title = Kitty Kallen, silken-voiced pop singer of ‘Little Things Mean a Lot,’ dies at 94|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/kitty-kallen-silken-voiced-pop-singer-of-little-things-mean-a-lot-dies-at-94/2016/01/07/e4819528-b571-11e5-a842-0feb51d1d124_story.html|newspaper = The Washington Post|date = 2016-01-07|access-date = 2016-01-11|issn = 0190-8286|language = en-US|first = Adam|last = Bernstein}} 2. ^1 {{cite book| first= Joseph| last= Murrells| year= 1978| title= The Book of Golden Discs| edition= 2nd| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd | location= London| page= 69| isbn= 0-214-20512-6}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Jefferson City Daily Capital News|date=January 26, 1963}} suffering paralyzed vocal cords 4. ^{{cite web | title = Kitty Kallen, silken-voiced pop singer of ‘Little Things Mean a Lot,’ dies at 94 | publisher = The Washington Post | author = Adam Burnstein | date = January 7, 2016 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/kitty-kallen-silken-voiced-pop-singer-of-little-things-mean-a-lot-dies-at-94/2016/01/07/e4819528-b571-11e5-a842-0feb51d1d124_story.html}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kitty-kallen-p32148|title=Kitty Kallen profile|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=May 28, 2012}} 6. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://home.earthlink.net/~jaymar41/kallen.html |title=Kitty Kallen |author=JC Marion |website=Home.earthlink.net |date=2002 |accessdate=2016-01-09}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=Father of Kitty Kallen dies|work=The New York Times|date=January 14, 1955|quote=PHILADELPHIA Jan. 13 Samuel Kallen, father of Kitty Kallen, the singer, died last night at Einstein Hospital at-the age of 61. His widow, Rose, and six other children, survive.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A01EED9123AE53BBC4C52DFB766838E649EDE}} 8. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Kitty Kallen|publisher=Hollywood Walk of Fame|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/kitty-kallen}} 9. ^ {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050308235503/http://www.parabrisas.com/d_kallenk.html |date=March 8, 2005 }} 10. ^{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc.|location=Wisconsin, USA|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=132}} 11. ^{{cite news|title=Placid's Royalty Named|work=The New York Times|date=December 20, 1951|quote=Former Olympic champion Buster Crabbe and singer Kitty Kallen of Broadway will act as King and Queen of Winter at Lake Placid's twenty-sixth annual coronation ceremonies Dec. 29. Mr. Crabbe and Miss Kallen, who had the lead in Finian's Rainbow will succeed Faye Emerson and Skitch Henderson, last Winter's royal couple. The coronation traditionally opens the winter season at Lake Placid and includes an ice show and hockey game.|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/12/20/87137019.pdf}} 12. ^{{cite news|title=Kitty Kallen|work=Los Angeles Times|first=Jonny|last=Whiteside|date=June 24, 2010|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/kitty-kallen|accessdate=August 7, 2015}} 13. ^{{cite news|title=Mr. Pop's Ultimate 1960 Timeline, February|publisher=Mr. Popculture.com|url=http://www.mrpopculture.com/1960}} 14. ^{{cite news|title=Kitty Kallen Solo Star Now|work=The Pittsburgh Press|date=November 6, 1949|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19491106&id=PTAbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5213,2230336}} 15. ^1 {{cite news|title=Kitty Kallen dead? No, Singer Reports|work=The Free Lance-Star|location=Fredericksburg, Virginia|date=April 21, 1978|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19780421&id=DeZLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d4sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5884,2959813}} 16. ^{{cite news|title=Kitty Kallen profile|url=http://www.jewage.org/wiki/en/Profile:P1385037360&article=Article:Kitty%20Kallen%20-%20Biography|website=Jewage.com|accessdate=2016-01-09|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125190629/http://www.jewage.org/wiki/en/Profile%3AP1385037360%26article%3DArticle%3AKitty%20Kallen%20-%20Biography|archivedate=2016-01-25|df=}} 17. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Budd Granoff Is Dead at 77; A Show-Business Innovator|work=The New York Times|first=Robert McG., Jr.|last=Thomas|date=May 1, 1996|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/01/arts/budd-granoff-is-dead-at-77-a-show-business-innovator.html}} 18. ^{{cite news|title=Notes on People|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 7, 1977|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1977/10/07/75756600.pdf|accessdate=2016-01-07}} 19. ^{{cite news|title=Music greats say Universal owes them|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 16, 2008|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/feb/16/business/fi-vivendi16}} 20. ^{{cite news|title=Universal Royalty Suit|work=The New York Times|first=PETER|last=EDIDIN|date=February 16, 2008|quote=The estates of some of American music's biggest names, including Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Sarah Vaughan, have sued Universal Music Group for more than $6 million, claiming the company cheated them out of royalties, The Associated Press reported. The lawsuit, which was also filed on behalf of some living artists, asserts that the company withheld record royalties, engaged in self-serving schemes with record clubs and suppressed payments from Apple’s iTunes and other digital distributors. The court papers accuse Universal of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment. The 14 plaintiffs are Patti Page, Tony Martin, Dick Hyman, Richard Hayman, Kitty Kallen and the estates of Basie, Goodman, Vaughan, Woody Herman, Les Brown, the Mills Brothers, Jerry Murad, Frankie Laine and the gospel singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The lawsuit, filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, says Universal has been using questionable accounting practices since at least 1998. “We believe that these claims are baseless, and we are confident that we will prevail in court,” said Peter Lofrumento, a spokesman for the Universal Music Group.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/arts/16arts-UNIVERSALROY_BRF.html}} 21. ^{{cite news|title=Kitty Kallen, Big Band Singer of ‘Bésame Mucho,’ Dies at 94|newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/arts/music/kitty-kallen-big-band-singer-of-besame-mucho-dies-at-94.html|accessdate=2016-01-07}} 22. ^{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 296}} External links{{Commons category|Kitty Kallen}}
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