Heavens Gates
Salutes
Those Great Actresses and Singers

Of The Big Band and Swing Era

Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff, known as Doris Day (born April 3, 1924), is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate. A vivacious blonde with a wholesome image, she was one of the most prolific actresses of the 1950s and 1960s. Able to sing, dance, and play comedy and dramatic roles, she has been an all-round star whose personality has permeated many popular and diverse movies.

Can't Give You Anything But Love Dream A Little Dream Of Me

Fever I've Grown Accustomed To His Face

Que Sera Sera Secret Love

Sentimental Journey The Way You Look Tonight

Jo Elizabeth Stafford (born November 12, 1917) is an American pop singer whose career spanned the late 1930s through the early 1960s. Stafford is greatly admired for the purity of her voice and is considered one of the most versatile vocalists of the era. She is also considered a pioneer of modern musical parody, having won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album in 1961 (with husband Paul Weston) for their album "Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris."

Blue Moon Dream

I Don't Want To Walk Without You Jambalaya

Our Love Is Here To Stay Teach Me Tonight

Walking My Baby Back Home You Belong To Me

Kay Starr, born Katherine Laverne Starks on a reservation in Dougherty, Oklahoma. Her father, Harry, was a full-blooded Iroquois Indian; her mother, Annie, was of mixed Irish and American Indian heritage. When her father got a job installing water sprinkler systems, the family moved to Dallas, Texas. While her father worked for the Automatic Sprinkler Company, her mother raised chickens, and Kay used to sing to the chickens in the coop. As a result of the fact that her aunt, Nora, was impressed by her singing, she began to sing at the age of seven on a Dallas radio station, WRR, first in a talent competition where she finished third one week and won every week thereafter, then with her own weekly fifteen minute show. She sang pop and "hillbilly" songs with a piano accompaniment. By the age of ten, she was making $3 a night, a lot of money in the Depression days.

Bonaparte's Retreat If You Love Me

It Had To Be You More Than You Know

Pretty Baby Rock And Roll Waltz

Side By Side Wheel Of Fortune

She wasn’t called “The Singing Rage” for nothing. And 57 years after the “raging” began in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on a little known radio show on which she was the featured singer, Patti Page remains an icon, a beloved singer who changed the face of pop music and the way it was recorded. Her accomplishments in music and television remain unparalleled even today.

In the course of her remarkable recording career, Patti Page has sold approximately 100 million plus records, making her one of the biggest, if not the biggest selling female recording artist in history.

Allegheny Moon Cross Over The Bridge

How Much Is That Doggie In The WindowMockin' Bird Hill

Old Cape Cod Takin' A Chance On Love

Tennessee Waltz Why Don't You Believe Me

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