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Name
  
Kathy Barr

Occupation(s)
  
vocalist

Role
  
Vocalist


Instruments
  
soparano

Children
  
Monica Chapa

Labels
  
RCA Victor

Ex-spouse
  
Enrique Chapa

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Birth name
  
Marilyn Sultana Aboulafia

Born
  
June 4, 1929New York State (
1929-06-04
)

Died
  
June 21, 2008, Hollywood, Florida, United States

Albums
  
Follow Me, The Desert Song, Do It Again, Day in Day Out

Similar People
  
Giorgio Tozzi, Jerry Fielding, Oscar Hammerstein II, Mario Lanza

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Kathy Barr (born Marilyn Sultana Aboulafia; June 4, 1929 – June 21, 2008) was an American vocalist who performed and recorded popular music, jazz, musical theater, and operettas. Barr flourished during the 1950s in nightclubs, television, and radio. Barr was acclaimed for her soprano range and ability to sing pop, jazz, and classical. According to print media, she was a sexy, green-eyed, flaming redhead.

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Selected discography

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Popular

  • Follow Me, RCA Victor (1957)
  • The Dessert Song, RCA Victor (1958)
    • Giorgio Tozzi & Barr, vocalsLehman Engel, conductor

    Musical theater roles

  • Marinka, as Marinka (leading soprano role)
    • Winter Garden Theatre, New YorkAustralia touring productionTivoli circuit, Melbourne: Opened May 28, 1948, at the Tivoli Theater, MelbourneAt the age of 19, Barr was elevated to the role of Marinka after being the understudy for Kathryn Grayson
  • Wizard of Oz, as Dorothy Gale (leading soprano role)
    • Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, August 1 thru August 6, 1949

    Selected audio

  • "The Dessert Song" on YouTube, from the operetta by the same name, composed by Sigmund Romberg
    • Giorgio Tozzi & Barr, vocalsRCA Victor (1958)

    Personal

    Kathy was born Marilyn Sultana Aboulafia to parents of Turkish and Spanish ancestry — her father had immigrated from Turkey. When she married Irwin M. Glickman (1930–2011), she ended the commercial aspect of her musical career and devoted herself to her family. She and Irwin had a daughter, Sylvia B. Glickman (born 1966). In 1958, she legally changed her to Kathy Barr.

    Barr, from about April 1954 to 1956, had been married to Chicago nightclub owner and operator Milton L. Schwartz. That marriage ended by annulment.

    References

    Kathy Barr Wikipedia
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