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Artist
Kaye Ballard
12+ albums
vocal jazzfemale vocalistsTraditional Pop
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Kaye Ballard (November 20, 1925 – January 21, 2019) was an American musical theatre and television actress, comedian and singer. Fly Me to the Moon, originally titled In Other Words, is a song written in 1954 by Bart Howard. Kaye Ballard made the first recording of the song, in the year it was written. Ballard was born Catherine Gloria Balotta in Cleveland, Ohio, one of four children born to Italian immigrant parents, Lena (née Nacarato) and Vincenzo (later Vincent James) Balotta. Her siblings are Orlando, Jean, and Rosalie. Ballard established herself as a musical comedian in the 1940s, joining the Spike Jones touring revue of entertainers. Capable of playing broad physical comedy as well as stand-up dialogue routines, she became familiar in television and stage productions. A phrase her mother had used when Kaye was a child, "Good luck with your MOUTH!", became her catchphrase in her sketches and on television. Ballard made her television debut on Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt,a short-lived NBC program hosted by Henry Morgan which first aired January 26, 1951. In 1957, she and Alice Ghostley played the two wicked stepsisters in the live telecast of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, starring Julie Andrews in the title role. During the 1961–1963 television seasons, Ballard was a regular on NBC's The Perry Como Show as part of the Kraft Music Hall Players, along with Don Adams, Paul Lynde, and Sandy Stewart. In 1962, she released an LP record, Peanuts, on which she p
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Oklahoma! (Original Soundtracks)
The Best Of The Front Row Center
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Gershwin Rarities: 1953/1954 Walden Sessions
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Oklahoma! (1952 Studio Cast Recording)
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Cinderella (Original Television Cast Recording)
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The Great American Composers, Cole Porter, Disk One
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Inspirations - Rocked By Rod
The Great American Composers, Cole Porter, Disk Two
Good Grief, Charlie Brown! Peanuts
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Smithsonian American Songbook Series - George Gershwin
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Cinderella - Original Broadway Cast
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Carnival