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Kitty Kallen
12+ albums
female vocalists50sjazzoldiesjazz vocal
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Kitty Kallen (born Katherine Kalinsky; May 25, 1921 – January 7, 2016) was an American popular singer whose career spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s—to include the Swing era of the Big Band years, the post-WWII pop scene and the early years of rock 'n roll. She is best known for her 1954 solo recording '"Little Things Mean a Lot" — a song that stayed at the U.S. number one spot for nine consecutive weeks, charted in the U.S. for almost seven months, hit #1 on the UK singles chart, and sold more than two million copies. AllMusic called the recording a "monster hit", music historian Jonny Whiteside said the song "ably characterizes Kallen’s impressive, and graceful, transition from classic big band swing to modern post-war pop". Voted "most popular female singer" in 1954 in both Billboard and Variety polls, Kallen lost her voice at the Palladium in 1955 at the top of her career and left singing for four years, suffering paralyzed vocal cords. After testing her voice under a pseudonym in small town venues, she ultimately returned and went on to achieve 13 top-ten career hits. Kallen performed at numerous prominent live venues including Manhattan's Copacabana, Morris Levy's Versailles, the Capitol Theater, the Maisonette Room at the St. Regis, the Cafe Rouge at the Hotel Pennsylvania and the Plaza Hotel's Persian Room. As well, she starred on Broadway in Finian's Rainbow; in the 1955 film The Second Greatest Sex and on numerous television shows including The Tonight Show wit
top songs
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It's Been a Long, Long Time (with Harry James & His Orchestra)
187,8772Its Been a Long, Long Time
52,8013Little Things Mean a Lot
23,7954It's Been A Long, Long Time
5,6505It's Been a Long, Long Time (with Harry James & His Orchestra) - Alternate Take
4,7936It's Been a Long Long Time
4,7257In the Chapel In the Moonlight
4,3748If I Give My Heart to You - Single Version
3,2509They're Either Too Young or Too Old
3,12510It's Been a Long Long Time (Alternate Take)
2,685albums
The Kitty Kallen Story
Kitty Kallen's Coloring Book
Little Things Mean a Lot
If I Give My Heart To You
Our Lady... Kitty Kallen
Romantic Kitty
The Kitty Kallen Collection 1939-62
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Your Music Around Me
Let's Spend an Evening with Kitty Alan
I'm Old Fashioned
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Essential Classics, Vol. 49: Kitty Kallen (Remastered 2022)
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My Kind Of Music - A Fine Romance