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. Their next single "Everybody Cries" enjoyed minimal success. She became a popular artist on radio, film, and night clubs, but lost her voice at the height of her career. Following a further break, they released "Being Nobody", a cover of Ain't Nobody produced by Richard X, which reached number three in the charts. 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. Their debut album, "Thinking It Over", was finally released followed by the remake single "Got To Have Your Love" and fifth single, the revamped "Holding On To You" which made them popular across Europe. After a short stay with Bobby Sherwood, she joined the Jimmy Dorsey band, replacing Helen O'Connell. A short break was followed by "Just A Little", the third single which launched them straight to the top of the UK charts.

(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. Their first two singles "Thinkin' It Over" and "Doin' It" launched them to fame. 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. Liberty have sunk back into obscurity while Liberty X continue to have a successful career. 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. The judge agreed with (the original) Liberty and so the new group renamed themselves as Liberty X. Later, when neighborhood people came to congratulate her father, he realized that her story was true. Liberty (original) claimed that Liberty (now X) were taking advantage of the goodwill that they had created in the name Liberty (which in English Law is the tort of passing off).

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. After a few months Liberty received a legal challenge in the UK High Court from another pop group called Liberty which had had a few minor hits in the 1980s. Born in Philadelphia, she won an amateur contest as a child doing imitations of some singers of the day. The five winning contestants formed a pop group called Hear'Say, and the five runners up (who would have been the "backup" had something gone wrong with Hear'Say) later formed the group Liberty, the name being intended to reflect the freedom they supposedly enjoy from rigid record company control (in contrast to Hear'Say); however, their runner-up status led to them being dubbed "Flopstars" by some commentators. 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". Liberty X are a pop group formed from five contestants from the UK TV show Popstars. "They're Either Too Young Or Too Old" (1944) (with the Jimmy Dorsey band). Kelli Young.

"Our Lady Of Fatima" (1950) (with Richard Hayes and Jimmy Carroll's orchestra). Jessica Taylor. "My Coloring Book" (1963) (her last hit). Kevin Simm. "Little Things Mean A Lot" (1954) (her biggest hit). Tony Lundon. "Kiss Me Sweet" (1949) (with Mitch Miller). Michelle Heaton.

"Juke Box Annie" (1950) (with Harry Geller's orchestra). "I Want You All To Myself" (1954). "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).