Born in the New York borough of Bronx , Catherine made her early acquaintance with show business when she appeared on the children's television program Children's Hour . She later performed as a singer and dancer in the USO troop support program and toured with various big bands, including Sammy Kaye . In 1953 she received her first recording contract with Coral Records in New York, where she recorded four single records under "Cathy Carr And Her Boyfriends". Her first record successes she had with the small record company Fraternity Records in Cincinnati , Ohio , where she was under contract from 1955 to 1957. With the title Ivory Tower , she rose to number two in the Hot 100 of the US music magazine Billbord in 1956 and in the same year she had a second song in the Hot 100 with Heart Hideaway (67th). Then Carr released her records again in New York for four years on Roulette Records . There, too, she had two Hot 100 successes with the titles First Anniversary (42nd) and I'm Gonna Change Him (63rd), both of which came on the market in 1959. The singles, which were later produced by the record companies Smash and Laurie Records , were not sales successes. The A-side of her last single from 1967 was titled When You Come Home Again, full of references , as she then retired from the music business. She died in 1988 at the age of 52 in the small town of Fayetteville in New York State .
US charts on Billboard
Started
title
Hot 100
3/1956
Ivory Tower
2
7/1956
Heart hideaway
67
1/1959
First anniversary
42
6/1959
I'm gonna change him
63
US discography
Vinlyl singles
From page
Catalog no.
published
Coral
Heartbroken / Half Pink Boogie
60907
01/1953
I Just Can't Get That Melody / Somebody Told You a Lie
60988
06/1953
I'll Cry at Your Wedding / Cryin 'for Caroline's
61092
10/1953
I'll Cry at Your Wedding / Heartbroken
61646
05/1956
Fraternity
Morning, Moon and Night / Toward Evening
718
08/1955
Ivory Tower / Please, Please Believe Me
734
03/1956
Heart Hideaway / The Boy on Page Thirty-Five
743
07/1956
Waltzing to the Blues / Oh Baby
750
10/1956
Una Momento / It Looks Like Love
757
05/1957
Wild Honey / Speak for Yourself John
765
05/1957
House of Heartache / Presents From the Past
782
09/1957
Doll Baby / Don't Come to My Party
793
01/1958
roulette
To Know Him, Is to Love Him / Put Away the Invitations
4107
09/1958
First Anniversary / With Love
4125
12/1958
The Little Things You Do / I'm Gonna Change Him
4152
04/1959
Shy / Personal Secret
4187
09/1959
Little Sister / Dark River
4219
12/1959
A Little Time / What Do I Do Now
4248
04/1960
Golden Locket / I Want to Be Your Pet
4296
10/1960
Johnny's Song / Someone Told You a Lie
4323
01/1961
Baseball He Loves / Yearning
4367
05/1961
I Can't Begin to Tell You / You're Breaking My Heart
4383
08/1961
smash
No No Fraulein / Footprints in the Snow
1726
11/1961
Laurie
Ivory Tower / Should I Believe Him
3133
06/1962
Sailor Boy / The Next Time the Band Plays a Waltz
3147
10/1962
I Waded in the Water / In Place of You
3161
04/1963
My Favorite Song / The Ghost of a Broken Heart
3206
10/1963
When You Come Home Again / The Ghost of a Broken Heart
