Dolly Dawn

American big band singer, songwriter, author, and conductor. Cousin of jazz saxophonist Dick Stabile. Born: February 3, 1916 in Newark, New Jersey Died: December 11, 2002. She was vocalist with George Hall And The Hotel Taft Orchestra in the 1930s, and later had a solo career. She sang with orchestras on radio, in theatres and night clubs throughout the USA. In 1941, George Hall officially turned the band over to her, and became her manager; the band was renamed Dolly Dawn And Her Dawn Patrol. She also had two versions of a band she called "Dolly Dawn and the Dawn Patrol Trio", the second by 1947. Ella Fitzgerald said that Dawn was an influence on her own singing. On February 4, 1998, Dolly Dawn was inducted into the Big Band Hall of Fame in West Palm Beach, Florida. She wrote the words for "Two Little Birdies", a humorous song sung by The Three Stooges. She charted with the Dawn Patrol 11 times between 1936 and 1942 in the U.S. Leading the way was their only #1 song in 1938: "You're a Sweetheart". "Blossoms on Broadway" in 1937 made it to #4.