Kay Brown (singer)

Kay Brown (full name Dolores Kay Brown, July 2, 1933 – January 2, 2022) was an American singer^[1][2][3] who recorded for Mercury and Decca in the 1950s.^[15]

Kay Brown
Born	Dolores Kay Brown (1933-07-02)July 2, 1933 Peoria, Illinois
Died	January 2, 2022(2022-01-02) (aged 88) Lund, Nevada
Occupation(s)	singer, actress
Musical career
Genres	Jazz traditional pop rock'n'roll
Labels	Mercury Crown Decca

She notably acted in the 1951 movie "The Strip"^[2] and sang the song "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" in it.^[16]

Personal life

In the early 1950s she notably dated Mickey Rooney.^[17]

Brown was married to bandleader Maynard Ferguson for two years in the 1950s.^[2][18] In the early 1970s, she married Brent Lyon Wood.^[2]

References

1. "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 2, 1956 – via Google Books.
2. "Kay Brown – IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
3. Samuel Clemens (June 16, 2022). "Kay Brown". The Ely Times. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
4. "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 22, 1956 – via Google Books.
5. "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 1, 1957 – via Google Books.
6. "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 25, 1950 – via Google Books.
7. "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 20, 1951 – via Google Books.
8. "Billboard". December 29, 1951 – via books.google.com.
9. "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 28, 1956 – via Google Books.
10. "Billboard". January 26, 1959 – via books.google.com.
11. "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 5, 1952 – via Google Books.
12. "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 16, 1954 – via Google Books.
13. "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 18, 1951 – via Google Books.
14. "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 17, 1956 – via Google Books.
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16. "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 3, 1951 – via Google Books.
17. Richard A. Lertzman; William J. Birnes (October 20, 2015). The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney. Simon and Schuster. pp. 306–. ISBN 978-1-5011-0098-7.
18. "Billboard" – via books.google.com.

External links

• Discogs profile
• "Oop-Shoop" (song) on YouTube