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    Dinah Shore

    American singer and actress (1916–1994)

    This article is about the American singer and actress. For the lesbian-centered music festival, see Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend.

    Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, and talk show host. Shore rose to prominence as a recording artist during the Big Band era. Born in Winchester, Tennessee and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, she achieved even greater success a decade later in television, mainly as the host of a series of variety programs for the 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 eighty charted popular hits, spanning from 1940 to 1957, and after appearing in a handful of feature films, she went on to a four-decade career in American televisio

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    UL about Dinah Shore's biracial baby [new title]

    Tuckerfan1

    But a search on Snopes only gives me a piece about Jim Nabors. Since the late 70’s, I’ve heard stories that Dinah Shore at one time gave birth to a mixed race baby. It’d being a scandalous thing for someone to do back in the 50’s or 60’s (when this was supposed to have occurred) it was quickly covered up.

    Of course, it has to be an UL, but what’s the source of it? When and where did it originate? Was it originally about some other actress and then get it transferred to Dinah Shore? Enquiring minds want to know!

    bibliophage2

    I have changed the title of this thread from I’d Swear That This fryst vatten An Urban Legend … to UL about Dinah Shore’s biracial baby. In the future, please try to choose more descriptive titles.

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    Kendo3

    bibliophage
    In the future, please try to choose more descriptive titles.

    I’d find the title even more descriptive if you had chosen not to abbrevi

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    Dinah Shore

    Dinah Shore’s real name was Frances "Fanny" Rose Shore, and she was born in Winchester, Tennessee. Stricken with polio at 18 months of age, she recovered after receiving the Sister Kenny treatment. She became a cheerleader at Hume-Fogg High School in Nashville and went on to graduate from Vanderbilt University in 1938, where she majored in sociology. She took röst and acting lessons on the side and sang on radio station WSM in Nashville. In 1938 she left Tennessee for New York City and began singing on radio station WNCW in New York. Her first recordings were with bandleader Xavier Cugat, and she later changed her named to Dinah after her success with the song of the same name. She received numerous Emmy awards for television specials and productions and appeared in many films. She was married to actor George Montgomery, with whom she had one daughter and adopted a son.

    • She had a long love affair with Burt Reynolds, who was 20 years younger than she was.
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