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In reading the article on Kitty Kallen, I noticed a potential error in timing. The article notes that she went to the Harry James Orchestra in late 1943, after Bob Eberly went into the service. However, her two hits with Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra were in 1944, and her Harry James' Orchestra hits were not until 1945. It would seem that her hook-up with the James Orchestra was not until 1945, or at least late 1944, rather than the stated late 1943? Perhaps this could be explained by the musicians' strike? Perhaps, the Jimmy Dorsey songs had been recorded the previous year (1943), and not released until 1944, and Harry James could not record and new songs in 1944?
It appears that Bob Eberle had changed his name to Bob Eberly, after many mispronuncements of his name on air, at the beginning of his radio career. I believe there should be consistency in the spelling of his name. Under Kitty's hits, his name was spelled Eberle, rather than Eberly (as in the body of the text regarding Kitty Kallen). I edited his name under her hits on 5/5/07.
Rossbarranco 18:34, 5 May 2007 (UTC) (edit)
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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
