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Kitty Kallen
Kitty Kallen was born Kathryn Elizabeth Kallenbach in 1921. She started singing in church and school choirs as a child, and by her early twenties, her voice...
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Kitty Kallen was born Kathryn Elizabeth Kallenbach in 1921. She started singing in church and school choirs as a child, and by her early twenties, her voice had drawn enough attention to land her a deal with Decca Records in 1943. Her first single, "Besame Mucho," did well, and she followed it with other hits like "Dream a Little Dream of Me" and "I'll Get By."
In 1954, she recorded "It's Been a Long, Long Time," a song written by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn. It spent eight weeks at number one on the Billboard charts and became her most lasting piece of work. The song's lyrics about separation and reunion resonated with listeners in the postwar years.
Kallen's career slowed in the 1960s as musical tastes shifted. She kept performing occasionally, but she's mostly remembered for that one big hit and a handful of other recordings from the 1940s and 1950s.
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