Cathy Carr (singer)

Cathy Carr

Cathy Carr (28 June 1936 - November 1988) was a pop singer.

She was born Angelina Helen Catherine Cordovano in the New York borough of The Bronx. As a child, she appeared on The Children's Hour, a television show locally aired in New York, sponsored by Horn & Hardart, a cafeteria chain which had locations in New York and Philadelphia. She later became a singer and dancer with the USO and joined big band orchestras such as those of Sammy Kaye, Johnny Dee, and Larry Fontaine. In 1953 she signed with Coral Records, but had no hits for them, later switching to Fraternity Records, a small company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, in early 1955. It was for Fraternity that she had her only major hit, "Ivory Tower", which was her third record for Fraternity, done in 1956. The song was covered by Otis Williams & the Charms, a black group who were no strangers to cover versions but had made the original of Two hearts two kisses which was the first Dot single for Pat Boone-the same label also covered Ivory Tower with Gale Storm]]. She never again had another big hit, though in 1959 she had two small successes for Roulette Records. She later switched to Smash Records (in 1961), Laurie Records (in 1962), and finally Dot Records (in 1966). In spite of her age at the time of her 1956 hit Cathy recorded a lot of high school pop rather than having any desire to spend the rest of her life recording standards. The CD Age saw an unofficial release of her singles which show her preference to remain basically younger than she actually was

Albums

Date of Release	Title	Label	Cat. No	Notes
February 1957	Ivory Tower	Fraternity	F-1005
1959	Shy	Roulette	SR-25077
1966	Ivory Tower	Dot	DLP-3674 (mono) DLP-25674 (Stereo)	Reissue of LP on Fraternity Stereo Version is Rechanelled

External links

• Biography on the Iceberg.com site