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14 unusual facts about Dinah Shore


1946–47 WIHL season

To add colour to the league, the Los Angeles Ramblers' executive came up with the George Montgomery-Dinah Shore Cup, a beautiful trophy donated by the film-famed pair from Hollywood.

1955–56 WIHL season

Spokane's Flyers, under the capable eye of coach Roy McBride, won the Dinah Shore-George Montgomery Trophy, emblematic of hockey supremacy of the WIHL, in 1955-56.

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick

The film stars Alan Young, Dinah Shore, Adele Jergens, Robert Merrill, Minerva Urecal, Martha Stewart (not to be confused with Martha Stewart, television host and home-decorating mogul), and Veda Ann Borg.

Al Sack

He is primarily associated with his work on radio and records through partnerships with artists like Tony Martin, Andy Russell, Gracie Fields, Dinah Shore, and Roy Rogers.

Bob Sweikert

In the winner's circle, Sweikert and Dorie celebrated with singer-actress Dinah Shore.

Caroline Peyton

Peyton moved to Los Angeles in 1977, where she performed in local clubs, recorded demos for record-label impresario Mike Curb and appeared on a couple of television shows—most notably the Dinah Shore show and the Gong Show.

Conrad Gozzo

He routinely performed on many major live television shows which were broadcast on the NBC network, including the Dinah Shore Show (1955 through 1964).

Franklin County, Tennessee

Two notable figures who were born in the county early in the twentieth century were singer/entertainer Dinah Shore and entrepreneur/philanthropist John Templeton.

Dinah Shore (1916–1994), singer, actress, and television celebrity

Harold Spina

He also collaborated with lyricist John Elliot for several songs, including "It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House" (made famous by Dinah Shore).

Murder, He Says

"Murder, He Says" is also a jazz standard first recorded by Betty Hutton and later popularized by Dinah Shore.

Rodney Allen Rippy

He also appeared frequently on talk shows such as The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Dinah's Place with Dinah Shore.

Vernessa Mitchell

The group was featured on American Bandstand, Soul Train and television shows hosted by Merv Griffin, Dinah Shore, and Mike Douglas.

Zeke Zarchy

He played on the recordings of hundreds of vocalists, including Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennett, Dinah Shore, and The Mills Brothers.


Abe Lastfogel

During World War II, Lastfogel mounted USO-Camp Shows with more than 7000 performers, including Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore and James Stewart, to two hundred million soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines around the world.

Georgia Holt

After performing in a singers' workshop in July 1978 at Studio One in Los Angeles, Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin, and Dinah Shore booked Holt to appear on their television talk shows.

Mary Healy

In 1949 Healy and Hayes were the first to sing the commercial jingle, "See the USA in Your Chevrolet", which later became a signature song for Dinah Shore.

Robert L. May

Though the song was turned down by such popular vocalists as Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore, it was recorded by the singing cowboy Gene Autry.

She Called Me Baby

The song has also been recorded - as "She Called Me Baby" - by Eddy Arnold, Bobby Bare, Glen Campbell, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Mickey Gilley, Ferlin Husky, Waylon Jennings, John D. Loudermilk, Ernest Tubb and Sheb Wooley; and as "He Called Me Baby" by Jessi Colter (A Country Star is Born), Skeeter Davis, Bobbi Martin, Melba Montgomery and Dinah Shore.

Shirley Mitchell

She became engaged to Dr. Julian Frieden by early October 1946, holding her engagement shower at the San Fernando Valley home of singer Dinah Shore.

William Ruder

His success that year led to other celebrity clients, including Dinah Shore, Frankie Laine, The Mills Brothers, Jack Lemmon and Rosalind Russell.