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Dorothy Collins

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Aliases
The Voices of Dorothy Collins
Real name
Marjorie Chandler
Born
November 18, 1926
Died
July 21, 1994
Country
Canada
Comments
Collins began her career in music singing on radio stations in Windsor and Detroit as a girl. She was introduced to Raymond Scott in 1940, when she was 14 - becoming his protegee and vocalist in his orchestra. later, Collins became Scott's wife. Collins also promoted Lucky Strike cigarettes, becoming known as "The Sweetheart of Lucky Strike". In addition to recording and concert performances, Collins became a stage actress.
Member of
Broadway Cast of Follies Sally Durant Plummer (1971-1972)
Family
Raymond Scott Spouse (1952-1965)
Ron Holgate Spouse (1966-1980)
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
1960 Enrique Madriguera & His Rumba Orch., (unknown)
June 1960 Jan und Kjeld - Orchester Gert Wilden, Valerie Masters with Accompaniment directed by Ken Jones
1960 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Terry Shand
  1957 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
  1957 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
September 1956 (unknown)
  March 1954 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC,REL, Ben Bernie, Peggy Chamberlain, June O'Dea PRF
November 1958 (unknown), (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive July 1951 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright
  May 1973 Sondheim REC, Eydie Gorme REL, Elizabeth Allen, Company PRF
  1960 Nan Wynn PRF, Benny Goodman Quintet - Vocal Chorus by Peggy Mann REC
1960 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
November 1958 (unknown), (unknown)
1957 Jane Withers
  November 1958 Waltham Abbey Choir PRF, Columbia Male Quartet REL
November 1958 Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra
1957 The Mello Larks with Neal Hefti & His Orch.
  1960 Harry Barris and His Band BRD, Will Osborne and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Will Osborne REC
November 1958 Bing Crosby
(I Love a) Violin Dorothy Collins 1958 Unverified
1957 Faron Young
1957 Faron Young
listen on Internet Archive 1950 Tanzoni & His Dance Orchestra (Harry Hudson)
Impossible Dorothy Collins 1957 Unverified
  1957 Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REC, Evelyn Laye PRF
November 1958 (unknown), (unknown)
1957 Shirley Ross
November 1957 Chuck Willis and His Band
November 1952 Hadda Brooks
  1960 Irving Aaronson and His Commanders REC, Irene Bordoni and Arthur Margetson PRF
November 1955 Frank Sinatra - Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
February 1956 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive November 1955 Vaughn Monroe with Orchestra
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November 1955 The Four Lads - Orch., Chorus under dir. of Ray Ellis
  March 1954 Mary Martin with Lute Song Orchestra under direction of Raymond Scott REL, Mary Martin and Yul Brynner PRF
February 1956 Sarah Vaughan with Hugo Peretti and His Orchestra
October 1955 Boyd Bennett and His Rockets - Vocal by Big Moe
1960 Mary Martin
November 1958 Tally-Ho!
July 1956 Bonnie Lou
November 1958 (unknown), (unknown)
November 1958 (unknown)
November 1955 The Platters
  1957 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
1960 Orquesta de Los Hermanos Domínguez, (unknown)
November 1957 The Crickets [US]
1960 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orch. – Vocal Refrain by Pedro Berrios & Chorus, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
April 1958 Leo Price, Little Richard
Seven Days Dorothy Collins December 1955 Unverified
November 1958 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
  November 1958 Bing Crosby and Carol Richards REL, Bob Hope & Marilyn Maxwell REC
1957 The Six Hottentots - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
November 1955 Gogi Grant with Buddy Bregman and His Orchestra and Chorus
1960 Bobby Capo, S. Bolivar Orchestra and Barry Frank
listen on Internet Archive April 23, 1955 LaVern Baker and The Gliders with Orchestra
September 1956 Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra
  1960 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid and Chorus REC, Wini Shaw, Judy Canova and Chorus BRD
1957 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
May 1956 Clyde McPhatter
listen on Internet Archive April 23, 1955 Elsie Carlisle
1957 Gene Austin
  November 1958 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive 1948 Jack Norworth
1957 Busby Berkeley and Joyce Barber
1960 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes

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