Kathleen Lane

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Kathleen "Kitty" Lane was an American swing singer from Harrisburg in the 1930s. At the height of her career she was part of big big bands like Glenn Miller's or Woody Herman . In 1941 it disappeared from the public.

Career

Your first radio appearance was probably on August 9, 1933 in Harrisburg. She went on air as Kitty Keene on the local medium wave station WHP. The radio presence over the next few years as well as her first successful appearances in front of an audience - also in Harrisburg - brought her first engagements. In the next few years she could be heard with many bands, some of them well-known. At the beginning of 1934 she went to the microphone as a new discovery for the Doc Peyton's Orchestra , a dance orchestra that had existed since the 1920s . The following year she played shows in New York nightclubs with Ted Brownagle's orchestra . With Charlie Barnet and Larry Funk she could be heard in 1937 ("Love's a Merry-Go-'Round", Bluebird); She toured with Glenn Miller's first band at the end of the same year and placed the hit "Sweet Stranger". She sang with the Isham Jones Orchestra in 1938, with Bunny Berigan ("I Cried for You") and Bob Chester in 1939. In early 1940 she was listed with Bob Crosby and later that year with Woody Hermann.

Critics refer to Lane as a good band singer of the 1930s with a vibrating voice. George T. Simon thought she was one of the best singers Glenn Miller ever had. The latter had said publicly positive about Lane, she was one of "the best singers in the business".

Private

Despite her success in the 1930s, very little is known about her personal life. In 1939 she married Jerry Johnson, also a musician and manager of the Bunny Berigan Band. Statements by Glenn Miller suggest that she withdrew into private life because of marriage. Something similar is known from other female stars of the time, such as Betty Bradley or Carlotta Dale .

Records (selection)

With Charlie Barnet (1937)
  • Love Is a Merry-Go-Round (Bluebird 6973)
  • In Your Own Little Way (Bluebird 6975)
With Glenn Miller (1937)
  • Silhouetted in the Moonlight / My Fine Feathered Friend (Brunswick 8034)
  • Every Day's a Holiday / Sweet Stranger (Brunswick 8041)
  • Doin 'the Jive (Brunswick 8062)
With Bunny Berigan (1938)
  • 'Deed I Do (Victor 26113)
  • I cried for you (RCA Victor 26116)
  • Y 'Had It Comin' to You / Patty Cake, Patty Cake (Baker Man) (Victor 26196)
With Bob Chester (1939)
  • Just For a Thrill (Bluebird 10375)
  • Shoot the Sherbet to Me, Herbert (Bluebird 10396)
  • You Tell Me Your Dream and I'll Tell You Mine (Bluebird 10396)
  • Billy (Bluebird 10427)
  • Oo, Oo, Oo, I'm Thrilled (Bluebird 10414)
  • Goodbye, goodbye (Bluebird 10414)
  • I Can't Tell You Why I Love You, But I Do (Bluebird 10427)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dick Redmond: "Along the Airways: (...) Kitty Keene was the name she adopted for radio use." In: Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), May 6, 1938, p. 18
  2. ^ "Radio Flashes: (...) hear Kitty Keen ... (newcomer to radio) from WHP yesterday (...) ..." In: Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), August 10, 1933, p. 14th
  3. ↑ One ad reads: "Doc Peyton and His Orchestra Featuring Lovely Kathleen Lane. There's a brand new star in the musical heavens." In: The Minneapolis Star (Minneapolis, Minnesota) March 15, 1934, p. 16
  4. ^ Advertisement in: Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) June 7, 1935, p. 15
  5. ^ "A Leaf From the Diary" In: Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), March 13, 1942, p. 19
  6. ^ A b Roger D. Kinkle: The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900-1950. 1st edition. Volume 2. Arlington House, 1974, ISBN 0-87000-229-5 , p. 1286
  7. ^ Will Friedwald: Swinging Voices of America. A compendium of great voices. Hannibal, St. Andrä-Wierter 1992, ISBN 3-85445-075-3 , p. 78 .
  8. ↑ a b Quoted in: Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) of March 13, 1942, p. 19
personal data
SURNAME Lane, Kathleen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Keen, Kitty (stage name, radio appearances)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American swing singer
DATE OF BIRTH before 1933