Talk:Kitty Kallen

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The article listing Kitty Kallen's birth name of Genevieve Agostinello is not correct. Her father's name was Sam Kallen and her mother's name was Rose. We were close friends of the Kallen family when they lived near my family in the Logan section of Philadelphia. My sister and Kitty were best friends and attended Olney High School together in their teen years. We were also close friends of the other children and all were of the Jewish faith. My sister told me today that when Kitty was about to start high school they wanted her to be known as Katherine Kallen, not Kitty, however after presenting them with her birth certificate which indicated her first name as Kitty, they accepted it. All the other information according to my sister is correct. Thank you, David Deringer

I believe that Kitty Kallen also appeared for a time on TV in a panel-type game show. Can anyone verify/expand on this?

Warren Hedrick —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.156.229.154 (talk) 01:14, 26 July 2009 (UTC)


 * The Genevieve Agostinello episode is now somewhat covered in the article. There is some evidence her birth name was Katherine Kalinsky, and she was apparently born to Samual and Rose Kalinsky -- and Sam's obituary list's his name as Samual Kalin (per his New York Times obituary).842U (talk) 20:14, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I met Kitty and Budd in 1992. I had just produced "The Kitty Kallen Story" for Sony Music Special Products, and was invited to their home in Englewood Cliffs NJ. On a subsequent visit I met her son and daughter-in-law. Not too long after Budd died, I visited Kitty at her home in Cuernavaca, Mexico. In 2000, I was in community theater production of "Finian's Rainbow" in Linden NJ; Kitty attended a performance and was given a plaque in tribute. I also accompanied Kitty to see Polly Bergen's 2001 cabaret show at Feinstein's; and I met Sonny Shiells, her companion (it was he who called me to tell me she had died). I mention this just to substantiate that I knew Kitty pretty well, having had business dealings as well as a personal relationship with her. While at Sony Music, I produced a few other compilations of Kitty's recordings with Harry James and Jack Teagarden, and a reissue of her two solo albums on Columbia Records. I don't remember which of these CDs it was, but there was one that Kitty wanted to purchase in bulk to give to friends and family. I quoted her the wholesale price and she mailed a check to me -- and this I recall VERY CLEARLY: the printed name on her check AND her signature were both "Katherine Kalinsky." I believe this was her birth name - possibly even her legal name - and that her family changed their name to "Kallen" or "Kalin" AFTER she became a popular child radio star in Philadelphia-- a not uncommon practice. Muzikman1104 (talk) 00:28, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Birth year
I heard an interview she did in 2000 with Bob Rogers (Australian DJ) in which she says she was born in 1921. She says her husband altered her birth year to 1927 and again to 1929. However, she acknowledges that everyone thinks she was born in 1922. Jswd (talk) 11:28, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * That may be true - but most sources say 1922, and I don't think we should accept something that you remember her saying in 2000 as a reliable source. I know IMDb says 1921, as do various blogs, but we don't treat those as reliable sources.  If better sources can be found (for instance, any published statements she has made), we could add it, but, because of the weight of sources, at the moment I'm not even sure we should add a footnote saying the year is uncertain.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:25, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

I didn't say I heard it in 2000. I heard it yesterday when Bob replayed it and I heard it several times during the week before in promotions for Bob's highly-regarded Saturday night spot on 2CH. I would like this issue to remain in Talk until someone does the hard yards and adjusts the substantive article as required. Jswd (talk) 21:29, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * To emphasise - we need a reliable source - especially as this is a biography of a living person. Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:39, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

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A book published in 2021, "Little Things Mean a Lot: a Screenplay" by Michael Monteith, vividly depicts aspects of her life.
For sources, go to https://www.amazon.com>Little-Things-Mean-Michael-Monteith/dp/B08WJY4ZCC and Google: filmfreeway.com/863830 which contains a list of "News $ Reviews."

I propose that the sentence in the section above follow the current last sentence of the Career section: A compilation of her hits on various labels remains available on the Sony CD set The Kitty Kallen Story.

2601:5C5:4200:C97E:9D21:EEA6:AC5A:8C81 (talk) 16:21, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Correction to discography; a significant omission
United Artists released "Cute" by Kitty Kallen, Ray Ellis arranger and conductor. UA 812 ZTSP 95070 written by Neal Hefti and Stanley Styne. A ballad version of "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" was on the other side. UA 812 ZTSP 95069. This would have been released in the mid 1960s, perhaps 1965. 184.14.239.204 (talk) 17:21, 3 March 2024 (UTC)