Kitty Kallen
Born in Philadelphia on May 25, 1922, as a pre-teen Kitty Kallen had her own radio program on WCAU and as a teenager was already a featured vocalist with Artie Shawâs orchestra and moved on to the Jimmy Dorsey band replacing famed singing star Helen OâConnell.
While with the Harry James orchestra in the mid 1940s Kittyâs voice made âIâm Beginning To See The Lightâ and âItâs Been A Long, Long Timeâ#1 hits and her into an international singing star.
With more than a dozen hits to her credit, the subscribers of Billboard and Variety voted Kitty Kallen the most popular female singer of 1954 as her multi-million selling singles, âLittle Things Mean a Lotâ and âIn the Chapel in the Moonlightâ topped the charts. As recently as 1962, âMy Coloring Bookâ had Kitty Kallen back on the Hit Parade.
For her contributions as a recording star, Kitty Kallen was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Kitty Kallen was nominated to the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2007.