Dinah Shore
Dinah Shore (born Frances 'Fanny' Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, and television personality, and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1940s. She rose to prominence as a recording artist during the Big Band era. She achieved even greater success a decade later in television, mainly as the host of a series of variety programs for the Chevrolet automobile company. After failing singing auditions for the bands of Benny Goodman, and both Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Shore struck out on her own. She became the first singer of her era to achieve huge solo success. She had a string of eighty charted popular hits, spanning from 1940 to 1957, and after appearing in a handful of feature films, she went on to a four-decade career in American television. She starred in her own music and variety shows from 1951 through 1963 and hosted two talk shows in the 1970s. TV Guide ranked her at number 16 on their list of the top 50 television stars of all time. Stylistically, Shore was compared to two singers who followed her in the mid-to-late 1940s and early 1950s, Jo Stafford and Patti Page. |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 29, 1916 (Franklin County), Died February 24, 1994 (Beverly Hills)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1939 - 1968
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist
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Recordings (Results 126-126 of 126 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 15352 | 11/22/1968 | Back in the race | Dinah Shore | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Shore, Dinah," accessed July 6, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102410.
Shore, Dinah. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved July 6, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102410.
"Shore, Dinah." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 July 2024.
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LCNAR: Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79072750
Wikidata: Dinah Shore - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q466502
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/71579261
MusicBrainz: Dinah Shore - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1a329949-6586-47d2-994a-cd64e13cab68
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