Dinah Shore
Dinah Shore, born Frances Rose Shore (* February 29, 1916 in Winchester, Tennessee, † February 24, 1994 in Beverly Hills, California ) was an American singer, actress and golfer.
Life
The blonde singer began her career as a teenager in Nashville, Tennessee as a singer of the orchestra by Francis Craig and went in the 1930s to New York. My desire was to work as a singer in the great popular big bands, but was rejected by Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman after auditions. Nevertheless, she decided to continue working as a solo singer in 1940 and received a recording contract.
Already in 1942 she had her first major hit with Blues in the Night, which sold over 1 million times. In 1943 she married the Western star George Montgomery. She was married to him until 1962, and mother of two children. In 1944 she had her first number-one hit in the U.S. with I'll Walk Alone. They became the most popular singer in the U.S., which it also opened the doors in Hollywood. In 1944 she made her first film.
In the 1950s their popularity was increased by the television. Your Dinah Shore Show was before Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland and others this format of music show with guests for themselves discovered one of the USA 's most popular TV shows. Her show ran until 1963. Was sponsored by the car company Chevrolet (hence Dinah Shore Chevy Show called ) for which she also advertising ( See the USA in Your Chevrolet ).
In the 1970s they again came back to the screen with an afternoon talk show. Even as a singer and actress, she tried until the late 1980s. Dinah Shore died in 1994 from cancer.
Golf
Dinah Shore, who played golf herself, was a long-time supporter of professional women's golf. In 1972 she co-founded the Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Tournament, which will be held today under the name Kraft Nabisco Championship. It is one of the four major golf tournaments for women on the LPGA Tour. The tournament is held each spring near Shores house in Rancho Mirage, California. Shore was also the first female member of the famous Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles.
In recognition of their contributions to the sport of golf Dinah Shore was recorded posthumously in 1994 as the only honorary member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. " This honor is not awarded, but acquired. " Said the LPGA Agents Charles Mechem in his speech. In 1985, they had already received the Patty Berg Award and the 1993 Old Tom Morris Award, the highest award of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America ( GCSAA ).
Others
A five-day lesbian festival in Palm Springs, held since 1991, is named after her Dinah Shore Weekend.