Kitty Kallen

She eventually made a comeback, with the 1954 hit "Little Things Mean a Lot" (voted the most popular record) and Kitty was voted most popular female singer in Billboard and Variety polls. They had Top 40 hits with songs "One Fine Morning" and "Sunny Days". She became a popular artist on radio, film, and night clubs, but lost her voice at the height of her career. The band lost key members in 1973 and 1974 and finally broke up in 1976 but reunited for a series of shows in Toronto in 1982. Though only a teen-ager at the time, she was the vocalist for one of Dorsey's big hits, "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' band. The band toured with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet production "Ballet High". After a short stay with Bobby Sherwood, she joined the Jimmy Dorsey band, replacing Helen O'Connell. They received Juno Awards in 1971, 1972 and 1973, when they were awarded Group of the Year.

(While with the Savitt band, she briefly was a roommate of Dinah Shore.) She married Clint Garvin, who played clarinet in Teagarden's band, and when Teagarden fired Garvin, she left as well. The group performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Newport Jazz Festival and the Isle of Wight Festival. As a pre-teen she had her own program on Philadelphia's WCAU, and soon she sang as a vocalist with the big bands of Jan Savitt in 1936, Artie Shaw in 1938, and Jack Teagarden in 1940. Bob McBride replaced Pinky Dauvan on vocals in 1970. Subsequently she sang (while still a child) on The Children's Hour, a radio program sponsored by Horn & Hardart, a firm which had a chain of cafeterias in New York and Philadelphia. There were 13 members in all in the original lineup. Later, when neighborhood people came to congratulate her father, he realized that her story was true. The band also included Howard Shore on saxophone and Grant Fullerton on bass guitar.

When she brought her prize (a camera) home, her father refused to believe her and thought she had stolen the camera, so he punished her severely. The founding members were Skip Prokop on drums, Ralph Cole on guitar and Paul Hoffert on keyboards. Born in Philadelphia, she won an amateur contest as a child doing imitations of some singers of the day. The band's music included elements of rock music, jazz and classical music. Kitty Kallen (born Genevieve Agostinello on May 25, 1922) was an American popular singer, who sang with a number of big bands in the 1940s, coming back in the 1950s to score her biggest hit, 1954's "Little Things Mean A Lot". Lighthouse was a Canadian rock band formed in 1969 in Toronto which included horns, string instruments and vibraphone. "They're Either Too Young Or Too Old" (1944) (with the Jimmy Dorsey band). Official site (http://www.lighthouserockband.com/).

"Our Lady Of Fatima" (1950) (with Richard Hayes and Jimmy Carroll's orchestra). Best of Lighthouse (1974). "My Coloring Book" (1963) (her last hit). Can You Feel it (1973). "Little Things Mean A Lot" (1954) (her biggest hit). Sunny Days (1972). "Kiss Me Sweet" (1949) (with Mitch Miller). Lighthouse Live! (1972) (recorded live at Carnegie Hall).

"Juke Box Annie" (1950) (with Harry Geller's orchestra). Thoughts of Moving On (1971). "I Want You All To Myself" (1954). One Fine Morning (1970). "It's Been A Long Long Time" (1945) (with the Harry James band). "In The Chapel In The Moonlight" (1954).

"I'm Beginning To See The Light" (1945) (with the Harry James band). "If I Give My Heart To You" (1959) (better known versions done in 1954 by Denise Lor and Doris Day). "Go On With The Wedding" (1955) (with Georgie Shaw) (better known version done by Patti Page). "Besame Mucho" (1944) (with Bob Eberly and the Jimmy Dorsey band).

"Are You Looking For A Sweetheart?" (1953). "The Aba Daba Honeymoon" (1951) (with Richard Hayes) (better known version done by Debbie Reynolds).