Kathy Barr

Kathy Barr Biography

Kathy Barr (née Marilyn Sultana Aboulafia; 4 June 1929 New York "? 21 June 2008 Hollywood, Florida) 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. And, according to print media, she was a sexy, green-eyed, flaming redhead.

Selected discography

Popular

Follow Me, RCA Victor LPM-1562 (1957)

Jerry Fielding, arranger, conductor

The Dessert Song, RCA Victor (1958)

Giorgio Tozzi & Barr, vocals

Lehman Engel, conductor

Musical theater roles

Marinka, as Marinka (leading soprano role)

Winter Garden Theatre, New York

Marinka, as Marinka (leading soprano role)

Australia touring production

Tivoli circuit, Melbourne, Australia: Opened May 28, 1948, at the Tivoli Theater, Melbourne

At the age of 19, Barr was elevated to the role of Marinka after being the understudy for Kathryn Grayson

Selected audio

"The Dessert Song", from the operetta by the same name, composed by Sigmund Romberg

Giorgio Tozzi & Barr, vocals

RCA Victor (1958)

Personal

Kathy was born 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 name from Marilyn Sultana Aboulafia 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.

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