On February 29, 1916, Dinah Shore was born.

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Here's one I don't run any too often. Usually I note the anniversary of her death. I'll make an exception this year.

Dinah Shore


Publicity photo, 1951

Born: Frances Rose Shore, February 29, 1916; Winchester, Tennessee, U.S.
Died: February 24, 1994 (aged 77); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place: Hillside Memorial Park, California, U.S. & Forest Lawn, Cathedral City, California U.S.
Alma mater: Vanderbilt University

Dinah Shore (born Fannye Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress and television personality, and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1940s. She rose to prominence as a recording artist during the Big Band era. She achieved even greater success a decade later, in television, mainly as hostess of a series of variety programs for Chevrolet automobile company.

After failing singing auditions for the bands of Benny Goodman, and both Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Shore struck out on her own. She became the first singer of her era to achieve huge solo success. She had a string of 80 charted popular hits, spanning 1940–1957, and after appearing in a handful of feature films, she went on to a four-decade career in American television. She starred in her own music and variety shows from 1951 through 1963 and hosted two talk shows in the 1970s. TV Guide ranked her at number 16 on their list of the top 50 television stars of all time. Stylistically, Shore was compared to two singers who followed her in the mid-to-late 1940s and early 1950s, Doris Day and Patti Page.

Here she is on her TV show:

David Bowie - Stay - Dinah Shore Show - 1976
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Includes interview with Henry Winkler and Nancy Walker...and some karate.

Dinah Shore & Frank Sinatra - "Tea for Two"/... (1958)
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Dinah and Frank duet on "Tea for Two" and singing tunes remembered from their radio days (1958)

Dinah Shore Sings "I Thought About You"/Glen Campbell on Guitar
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From April 1990, Dinah sings & Glen picks, one of Dinah's first recordings, "I Thought About You"; segment begins with comedian Danny Gans' fake impersonation of Glen!

Hollywood Canteen with Dinah Shore and Lana Turner
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Hollywood Canteen with Dinah Shore and Lana Turner. From The National Archives. Newsreel produced by the War Department for the Armed Forces during World War II.

This is undoubtedly the tune with which she is most closely identified:

See the USA in Your Chevrolet - Dinah Shore 1952
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Mon Feb 24, 2025: On this day, February 24, 1994, Dinah Shore died.

Thu Feb 29, 2024: On this day, February 29, 1916, Dinah Shore was born.

Fri Feb 24, 2023: On this day, February 24, 1994, Dinah Shore died.

Wed Feb 24, 2021: On this day, February 24, 1994, Dinah Shore died.

Mon Feb 24, 2020: On this day, February 24, 1994, Dinah Shore died.

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1. See the USA in your Chevrolet

America's asking you to call
Drive your Chevrolet through the USA
America's the greatest land of all