Kathy Kirby

Real name: Kathleen O'Rourke
Born: October 20, 1938
Died: May 19, 2011
Country: United Kingdom
Comments: Singer in the 1960s, whose career was launched by Bert Ambrose. She participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965 with "I Belong" and came in 2nd place. After 1967 until the early-1980s, although she still recorded and had an occasional television appearance, her popularity declined. After a nervous breakdown, she was diagnosed with schizophrenia and became reclusive. She declared bankruptcy and lived for many years on state benefits.
Related: Bert Ambrose

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Golden Days	Kathy Kirby	November 17, 1967	(4 artists)
I Belong	Kathy Kirby	February 1965	(8 artists)
Let the Music Start	Kathy Kirby	April 19, 1968	(4 artists)
Love Can Be	Kathy Kirby - The Wally Stott Orchestra	November 1960	Lena Martell with Orchestra conducted by Frank Cordell
Miss Dynamite	Kathy Kirby	1963	Karin Kent
My Only Love	Kathy Kirby	February 1965	Jacqueline Danno
No One's Gonna Hurt You Anymore	Kathy Kirby	February 24, 1967	(4 artists)
One Day	Kathy Kirby	February 1965	Sandie Shaw
Sometimes	Kathy Kirby	February 1965	(2 artists)
Turn Around	Kathy Kirby	November 17, 1967	(3 artists)

Covers by Kathy Kirby

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
Acapulco 1922	Kathy Kirby	1963	The Tijuana Brass featuring Herb Alpert
(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings	Kathy Kirby	1965	Jean Sablon with Orchestra directed by Paul Baron, (unknown)
Always True to You in My Fashion	Kathy Kirby	1968	Lisa Kirk PRF,REL, Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Harry Zimmerman REC
Bill	Kathy Kirby	1963	Mildred Fisher, Helen Morgan
Body and Soul	Kathy Kirby	1965	Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man	Kathy Kirby	1963	Helen Morgan, Tess Gardella and Norma Terris PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
Dance On	Kathy Kirby	June 21, 1963	The Shadows [GB] Covered by (5 artists)
Do You Really Have a Heart?	Kathy Kirby	July 7, 1972	Roger Nichols and Paul Williams REC, Dobie Gray REL
Following in Father's Footsteps	Kathy Kirby	1963	(unknown)
Get Happy	Kathy Kirby	1965	Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (Ed Kirkeby) REC, Ruth Etting PRF
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe	Kathy Kirby	1965	Ethel Waters BRD, Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Frances Wayne REC,REL
Happiness Street	Kathy Kirby	1965	Tony Bennett with Percy Faith and His Orchestra & Chorus
Happy Days and Lonely Nights	Kathy Kirby	1963	Harmony Brothers (Hall and Ryan)
He	Kathy Kirby	March 6, 1981	Charles Aznavour
Here, There and Everywhere	Kathy Kirby	January 12, 1973	Unverified
I Almost Called Your Name	Kathy Kirby	April 19, 1968	Margaret Lewis
I Can't Give You Anything but Love	Kathy Kirby	1963	Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
I Can't Stop Talking About You	Mark Wynter & Kathy Kirby	2017	Steve and Eydie (Eydie Gormé, Steve Lawrence)
If I Loved You	Kathy Kirby	1968	Jan Clayton and John Raitt with Carousel Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau
If You Were the Only Boy in the World	Kathy Kirby	1963	George Robey and Violet Loraine
I'll Catch the Sun	Kathy Kirby	March 28, 1969	Unverified
I'll Get By	Kathy Kirby	1963	Ted Wallace & His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by The Radio Imps
Is That All There Is	Kathy Kirby	November 1969	Leslie Uggams REL, Dan Daniels REC, Georgia Brown BRD
I Wanna Be Loved by You	Kathy Kirby	1968	The High Hatters - Vocal Refrain by Sam Coslow REC,REL, Helen Kane and Dan Healy PRF
I Want to Be Happy	Kathy Kirby	1965	Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate	Kathy Kirby	2003	Ladd's Black Aces (Original Memphis Five)
I Wish You Love	Kathy Kirby	1965	Roland Gerbeau – Orchestre, direction Guy Luypaerts, Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
Knowing When to Leave	Kathy Kirby	November 1969	Sue Raney REL, Jill O'Hara PRF
Let Me Go, Lover	Kathy Kirby	February 1964	Wade Ray, Joan Weber
Let Me Sing and I'm Happy	Kathy Kirby	1963	Al Jolson
Make Someone Happy	Kathy Kirby	1965	John Reardon & Nancy Dussault PRF, Perry Como REC,REL
More Than You Know	Kathy Kirby	1968	Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
My Man	Kathy Kirby	1965	Mistinguett, Fanny Brice REC,PRF
My Thanks to You	Kathy Kirby	1968	Steve Conway
My Yiddishe Momme	Kathy Kirby	February 24, 1967	Willie Howard
No Regrets	Kathy Kirby	October 1964	Edith Piaf, Edith Piaf - Orchestra directed by Robert Chauvigny
Old Man Mose	Kathy Kirby	1965	Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
On the Sunny Side of the Street	Kathy Kirby	1963	Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
Reach Out for Me	Kathy Kirby	October 1964	Lou Johnson
Secret Love	Kathy Kirby	October 1963	Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
Shangri-La	Kathy Kirby	October 1964	Matty Malneck and His Orchestra
Slowly	Kathy Kirby	September 30, 1962	Unverified
Someone to Watch over Me	Kathy Kirby	1963	Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
Sometimes I'm Happy	Kathy Kirby	1965	The Six Hottentots - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
Soon I'll Wed My Love	Kathy Kirby	1969	Gale Storm
Spanish Flea	Kathy Kirby	February 1966	Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass
That Old Feeling	Kathy Kirby	October 1964	Virginia Verrill
The Man I Love	Kathy Kirby	1963	Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
The Sweetest Sounds	Kathy Kirby	February 1964	Diahann Carroll & Richard Kiley REL,PRF
The Way of Love	Kathy Kirby	June 1965	Colette Deréal REL, Lily Castel PRF Covered by (27 artists)
Tu sei con me	Kathy Kirby	1965	Kathy Kirby
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee	Kathy Kirby	1963	Al Jolson
When I Go to Sleep at Night	Kathy Kirby	2003	The Tokens - Orchestra conducted by Sammy Lowe
Who's Sorry Now	Kathy Kirby	1963	Bob Thompson [US1]
Will I Never Learn	Kathy Kirby	June 24, 1966	Marisol, Anne Hart
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me	Kathy Kirby	1968	Maurice Chevalier BRD, Ed. Loyd and His Orchestra (Ed Kirkeby) REC
You Do Something to Me	Kathy Kirby	1968	William Gaxton & Genevieve Tobin

Web Covers by Kathy Kirby

	Title	Performer	Upload date	Originally by
	Let Me Go, Lover	Kathy Kirby	December 20, 2010	Joan Weber

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Hits and Rarities and Lipgloss!	Kathy Kirby	2003	Vocalion [GB]
Kathy Kirby Sings 16 Hits from Stars and Garters	Kathy Kirby	1963	Decca
Make Someone Happy	Kathy Kirby	1965	Decca
My Thanks to You	Kathy Kirby	1968	Columbia [EMI]

EPs

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	BBC-TV's Song for Europe 1965	Kathy Kirby	February 1965	Decca
	Kathy Kirby Vol. 2	Kathy Kirby	October 1964	Decca

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Dance On	Kathy Kirby	June 21, 1963	Decca
Don't Walk Away	Kathy Kirby	October 1964	Decca
Do You Really Have a Heart	Kathy Kirby	July 7, 1972	Columbia [EMI]
He	Kathy Kirby	March 6, 1981	President [GB]
I Almost Called Your Name	Kathy Kirby	April 19, 1968	Columbia [EMI]
I Belong	Kathy Kirby	February 12, 1965	Decca
Is That All There Is	Kathy Kirby	November 1969	Columbia [EMI]
Let Me Go, Lover	Kathy Kirby	February 1964	Decca
Love Can Be	Kathy Kirby	November 1960	Pye Records
No One's Gonna Hurt You Anymore	Kathy Kirby	February 24, 1967	Columbia [EMI]
Secret Love	Kathy Kirby	October 1963	Decca
Secret Love [1969]	Kathy Kirby	1969	Decca
Spanish Flea	Kathy Kirby	February 1966	Decca
The Adam Adamant Theme	Kathy Kirby	June 24, 1966	Decca
The Way of Love	Kathy Kirby	June 1965	Decca
Turn Around	Kathy Kirby	November 17, 1967	Columbia [EMI]
Tu sei con me	Kathy Kirby	1965	Decca