Cathy Carr (singer)

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. She never again had another big hit, though in 1959 she had two small successes for Roulette Records. She recorded one single for Smash Records in 1961, and spent the rest of her career with Laurie Records, releasing her final single in 1967. Her first LP was reissued on 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

Singles

Date of Release	Title	Label	Cat. No	Notes
1953	Heartbroken c/w Half Pink Boogie	Coral	9-60907
1953	I Just Can't Get That Melody Out Of My Head c/w Somebody Told You A Lie	Coral	9-60988
1953	I'll Cry At Your Wedding c/w Crying for Caroline's	Coral	9-61092
1955	I Never Really Stopped Loving You c/w Warm Your Heart	Fraternity	F-712
1955	Morning, Noon and Night c/w Towards Evenin'	Fraternity	F-718
1956	Ivory Tower c/w Please, Please Believe Me	Fraternity	F-734
1956	I'll Cry At Your Wedding c/w Heartbroken	Coral	9-61646	Presumably released by Coral to capitalise on the popularity of Ivory Tower
1956	Heart Hideaway c/w The Boy On Page 35	Fraternity	F-743
1956	Oh Baby c/w Waltzing To The Blues	Fraternity	F-750
1957	Una Momento c/w It Looks Like Love	Fraternity	F-757
1957	Wild Honey c/w Speak For Yourself, John	Fraternity	F-765
1957	House of Heartaches c/w Presents From The Past	Fraternity	F-782
1958	Doll Baby c/w Don't Come To My Party	Fraternity	F-793
1953	I'll Cry At Your Wedding c/w Crying for Caroline's	Coral	9-61092
1953	I'll Cry At Your Wedding c/w Crying for Caroline's	Coral	9-61092
1953	I'll Cry At Your Wedding c/w Crying for Caroline's	Coral	9-61092
1953	I'll Cry At Your Wedding c/w Crying for Caroline's	Coral	9-61092
1953	I'll Cry At Your Wedding c/w Crying for Caroline's	Coral	9-61092
1953	I'll Cry At Your Wedding c/w Crying for Caroline's	Coral	9-61092
1953	I'll Cry At Your Wedding c/w Crying for Caroline's	Coral	9-61092
1953	I'll Cry At Your Wedding c/w Crying for Caroline's	Coral	9-61092

External links

Biography on the Iceberg.com site