finetune artist: Dinah Shore

b. Frances Rose Shore, 29 February 1916, Winchester, Tennessee, USA, d. 24 February 1994, Los Angeles, California, USA. One of her country's most enduring all-round entertainers, Shore staked her first claim to fame while still at school, on Nashville radio. Further broadcasting and theatre engagements in New York soon followed. She recorded with Xaviar Cugat and Ben Bernie, and sang on some of Cugat's early 40s hits, such as "The Breeze And I", "Whatever Happened To You?", "The Rhumba-Cardi" and "Quiereme Mucho", initially under the name Dinah Shaw. Shore was one of the first vocalists to break free from the big bands (she had been rejected at auditions for Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey) and become a star in her own right. She became extremely popular on radio, and made her solo recording debut in 1939. Her smoky, low-pitched voice was especially attractive on slow ballads, and from 1940-57 she had a string of some 80 US chart hits, including "Yes, My Darling Daughter", "Jim", "Blues In The Night", "Skylark", "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To", "Murder, He Says", "Candy", "Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)", "All That Glitters Is Not Gold", "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly", "You Keep Coming Back Like A Song", "I Wish I Didn't Love You So", "You Do", "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Buddy Clark), "Dear Hearts And Gentle People", "My Heart Cries For You", "A Penny A Kiss", "Sweet Violets", and number 1s with "I'll Walk Alone", "The Gypsy", "Anniversary Song" and "Buttons And Bows".

Listen to Dinah Shore at Finetune.

You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to
Baby, It's Cold Outside
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy
Georgia On My Mind