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Dinah Shore was a legendary American singer, actress, and television personality during the 1940s and 1950s. She rose to fame as a recording artist and later achieved even greater success on television, hosting a series of popular variety programs. Her impressive career spanned four decades and she was ranked #16 on TV Guide’s list of the top 50 television stars of all time.
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Dinah Shorewas an American singer, actress, television personality, and the chart-topping female vocalist of the 1940s. She rose to prominence as a recording artist during the Big Band era. She achieved even greater success a decade later in television, mainly as the host of a series of variety programs for the Chevrolet automobile company.
After failing singing auditions for the bands of Benny Goodman, and both Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Shore struck out on her own. She became the first singer of her era to achieve huge solo success. She had a string of eighty charted popular hits, spanning from 1940 to 1957, and after appearing in a handful of feature films, she went on to a four-decade career in American television. She starred in her own music and variety shows from 1951 through 1963 and hosted two talk shows in the 1970s. TV Guide ranked her at number 16 on their list of the top 50 television stars of all time. Stylistically, Shore was compared to two singers who followed her in the mid-to-late 1940s and early 1950s, Jo Stafford and Patti Page.
Dinah Shore was an American singer, actress, and television personality who rose to prominence during the 1940s and 1950s. She was a chart-topping female vocalist and achieved great success in television, hosting her own variety shows for nearly two decades.
Dinah Shore was born Frances Rose Shore on February 29, 1916. She initially failed singing auditions for Benny Goodman and the Dorsey brothers before striking out on her own and becoming a hugely successful solo artist.
Dinah Shore had a string of 80 charted popular hits from 1940 to 1957. She also starred in her own music and variety shows from 1951 to 1963 and hosted two talk shows in the 1970s. TV Guide ranked her as the 16th greatest television star of all time.
Dinah Shore initially found success as a recording artist during the Big Band era. She then transitioned to an even more successful career in television, hosting her own variety programs for Chevrolet for over a decade. She was lauded as one of the top television stars of her era.
Dinah Shore was stylistically compared to two other popular female vocalists of the mid-to-late 1940s and early 1950s: Jo Stafford and Patti Page. She was considered one of the top female singers of her generation.
Dinah Shore was a trailblazer as a female solo artist who achieved massive success in both the recording industry and on television. Her four-decade career and her ranking as one of the greatest TV stars of all time cement her legacy as a pioneering and influential figure in American entertainment.
Dinah Shore initially failed singing auditions for the bands of Benny Goodman and the Dorsey brothers. However, she persevered and struck out on her own, becoming a hugely successful solo artist during the Big Band era.
In country music the lyric is important and the melodies get a little more complex all the time, and you hear marvelous new singers who are interested in writing and interpreting a lyric and in all form of popular music.
American singer and actress (1916-1994)
Why should unmarried women be discriminated against – unmarried men are not.
American singer and actress (1916-1994)
Emmys are wonderful and I’m thrilled to death that I have mine. But they’re representative of a specific achievement, where this sort of thing is representative of how you’ve grown in your own industry.
American singer and actress (1916-1994)
I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t singing.
American singer and actress (1916-1994)
When rock came along the lyrics and melodies became less important and it bothered me to think that perhaps they might not regain the value they have to music – they are music.
American singer and actress (1916-1994)
And I’ve never taken up a sport just because it was a social fad.
American singer and actress (1916-1994)
My tastes are eclectic.
American singer and actress (1916-1994)
Trouble is part of your life – if you don’t share it, you don’t give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.
American singer and actress (1916-1994)
I’m not really a country singer, although I did make a couple albums and love its simple, straight-from-the-heart approach, but I have always sung a lot of jazz, show tunes, pop tunes, gospel and blues.
American singer and actress (1916-1994)
I never wanted to set the world on fire. So I never had to burn any bridges behind me.
American singer and actress (1916-1994)
Bing Crosby sings like all people think they sing in the shower.
American singer and actress (1916-1994)
When I was four or five, my father had a general store in Winchester and I don’t think the farmers could ever leave on Saturday afternoon until I had been placed up on the counter to sing.
American singer and actress (1916-1994)
The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, ‘Don’t spend anything unless you have to.’
American singer and actress (1916-1994)
I earn and pay my own way as a great many women do today.
American singer and actress (1916-1994)