Born as (nee) Norma Jean Speranza in Avonmore, Pennsylvania, about forty miles east of Pittsburgh, a coal mining community, Corey was the youngest of five children. She began singing as an imitator of Carmen Miranda at family gatherings and on amateur shows in grade school (never winning any prizes, usually finishing last).
At the age of 13, she began to develop her own style. She won first prize at a talent contest sponsored by the Lions Club, entitling her to sing a song on a local radio station. This got her invited to have her own program. By the age of 14 she was working seven nights a week, earning $5 a night, with a local orchestra led by Johnny Murphy. By the age of 17 she was a local celebrity talent.
It was suggested she make a tape recording to demonstrate her singing skills to the outside show business world. She made the recording at the home of the only owner of a tape recorder in town, with trains going by in the background and no accompaniment. But the tape came to the attention of Mitch Miller, who headed the artists & repertory section at Columbia Records. He normally received over 100 record demos a week, and this one, with a 17-year-old girl and its train background, would not have been likely to gain his attention.
Jill Corey Show--Harold Arlen Songs, Dick Hyman Trio with Mundell Lowe
Jill Corey stars in this National Guard musical tribute to Harold Arlen. Jill sings "Get Happy," "Over the Rainbow" and "I've Got the World on a String" and the Dick Hyman Trio with Mundell Lowe play "It's Only a Paper Moon".
published: 30 Dec 2015
JILL COREY - Let It Be Me(1957)with lyrics
Female Vocalists 1950’s - 1960‘s
published: 15 Sep 2014
Senior Prom (1958) - Jill Corey sings Big Daddy
1958 US musical.
published: 24 Sep 2012
JILL COREY - Love / That's All I Need (1957 / 1955)
50s Jiver Rock and Roll - Columbia Records B-4-40955 (1957) & A-4-40502 (1955) (1) with Jimmy Carroll Orchestra (2) with Percy Faith Orchestra (LaVern Baker cover)
More info : http://www.jillcorey.net/SiteMap.html#Horse%20Article
#popvocal #rockandroll #50s
published: 24 Aug 2017
Jill Corey - Love Me to Pieces (1957)
Charted at #11 on Billboard Hot 100 in August 1957. Jill's biggest hit. Original Billboard review: "Highly appealing, girlish rendition of the Melvin Endsley rocker. Honky tonk orking, group and retentive strain give this a strong chance. Worth a whirl." Billboard rating: 79 out of 100. The song also charted at #14 on the Country chart for Rusty and Doug in 1957.
Written by Melvin Endsley.
B-side is "Love".
published: 16 Oct 2011
Jill Corey sings .Fascination : dicusses " Your Hit Parade " with Richard Dawson
Jill Corey sings .Fascination "
Dawson interviews Jill Corey & clips from ( Your Hit Parade )
published: 01 Dec 2009
Jill Corey - I Love My Baby (My Baby Loves Me) (1956)
Charted at #21 on Billboard Hot 100 in December 1956. Jill's first chart single. Her biggest hit was "Love Me to Pieces" which charted at #11 in August 1957, and she was the first person to perform the English version of "Let It Be Me" (#57 in April 1957). "I Love My Baby" had charted at #6 for Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians in May 1926 (which I've also posted). Also charted #10 for Aileen Stanley in May 1926.
Original Billboard review: "Jill Corey has a sock platter in this bright bouncy side with stand-out honky tonk type backing and a brisk, brash beat. Should get plenty of spins." Billboard rating: 82 out of 100.
Written by Bud Green and Harry Warren.
B-side is "Egghead".
published: 11 Oct 2011
Summer Night (1956) - Jill Corey
from Columbia 4-40687 45 rpm
orchestra directed by Percy Faith
Music by Harry Warren - Lyrics by Al Dubin
published: 01 Apr 2017
Jill Corey – Love Will Find Out the Way, 1959
Columbia 4-41360. Music by Glenn Paxton and lyrics by Robert Goldman and George David Weiss. Orchestra conducted by Jimmy Carroll (with Dick Hyman on piano). Written for the Broadway show First Impressions (1959).
Jill Corey stars in this National Guard musical tribute to Harold Arlen. Jill sings "Get Happy," "Over the Rainbow" and "I've Got the World on a String" and th...
Jill Corey stars in this National Guard musical tribute to Harold Arlen. Jill sings "Get Happy," "Over the Rainbow" and "I've Got the World on a String" and the Dick Hyman Trio with Mundell Lowe play "It's Only a Paper Moon".
Jill Corey stars in this National Guard musical tribute to Harold Arlen. Jill sings "Get Happy," "Over the Rainbow" and "I've Got the World on a String" and the Dick Hyman Trio with Mundell Lowe play "It's Only a Paper Moon".
50s Jiver Rock and Roll - Columbia Records B-4-40955 (1957) & A-4-40502 (1955) (1) with Jimmy Carroll Orchestra (2) with Percy Faith Orchestra (LaVern Baker cov...
50s Jiver Rock and Roll - Columbia Records B-4-40955 (1957) & A-4-40502 (1955) (1) with Jimmy Carroll Orchestra (2) with Percy Faith Orchestra (LaVern Baker cover)
More info : http://www.jillcorey.net/SiteMap.html#Horse%20Article
#popvocal #rockandroll #50s
50s Jiver Rock and Roll - Columbia Records B-4-40955 (1957) & A-4-40502 (1955) (1) with Jimmy Carroll Orchestra (2) with Percy Faith Orchestra (LaVern Baker cover)
More info : http://www.jillcorey.net/SiteMap.html#Horse%20Article
#popvocal #rockandroll #50s
Charted at #11 on Billboard Hot 100 in August 1957. Jill's biggest hit. Original Billboard review: "Highly appealing, girlish rendition of the Melvin Endsley ro...
Charted at #11 on Billboard Hot 100 in August 1957. Jill's biggest hit. Original Billboard review: "Highly appealing, girlish rendition of the Melvin Endsley rocker. Honky tonk orking, group and retentive strain give this a strong chance. Worth a whirl." Billboard rating: 79 out of 100. The song also charted at #14 on the Country chart for Rusty and Doug in 1957.
Written by Melvin Endsley.
B-side is "Love".
Charted at #11 on Billboard Hot 100 in August 1957. Jill's biggest hit. Original Billboard review: "Highly appealing, girlish rendition of the Melvin Endsley rocker. Honky tonk orking, group and retentive strain give this a strong chance. Worth a whirl." Billboard rating: 79 out of 100. The song also charted at #14 on the Country chart for Rusty and Doug in 1957.
Written by Melvin Endsley.
B-side is "Love".
Charted at #21 on Billboard Hot 100 in December 1956. Jill's first chart single. Her biggest hit was "Love Me to Pieces" which charted at #11 in August 1957, an...
Charted at #21 on Billboard Hot 100 in December 1956. Jill's first chart single. Her biggest hit was "Love Me to Pieces" which charted at #11 in August 1957, and she was the first person to perform the English version of "Let It Be Me" (#57 in April 1957). "I Love My Baby" had charted at #6 for Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians in May 1926 (which I've also posted). Also charted #10 for Aileen Stanley in May 1926.
Original Billboard review: "Jill Corey has a sock platter in this bright bouncy side with stand-out honky tonk type backing and a brisk, brash beat. Should get plenty of spins." Billboard rating: 82 out of 100.
Written by Bud Green and Harry Warren.
B-side is "Egghead".
Charted at #21 on Billboard Hot 100 in December 1956. Jill's first chart single. Her biggest hit was "Love Me to Pieces" which charted at #11 in August 1957, and she was the first person to perform the English version of "Let It Be Me" (#57 in April 1957). "I Love My Baby" had charted at #6 for Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians in May 1926 (which I've also posted). Also charted #10 for Aileen Stanley in May 1926.
Original Billboard review: "Jill Corey has a sock platter in this bright bouncy side with stand-out honky tonk type backing and a brisk, brash beat. Should get plenty of spins." Billboard rating: 82 out of 100.
Written by Bud Green and Harry Warren.
B-side is "Egghead".
Columbia 4-41360. Music by Glenn Paxton and lyrics by Robert Goldman and George David Weiss. Orchestra conducted by Jimmy Carroll (with Dick Hyman on piano). Wr...
Columbia 4-41360. Music by Glenn Paxton and lyrics by Robert Goldman and George David Weiss. Orchestra conducted by Jimmy Carroll (with Dick Hyman on piano). Written for the Broadway show First Impressions (1959).
Columbia 4-41360. Music by Glenn Paxton and lyrics by Robert Goldman and George David Weiss. Orchestra conducted by Jimmy Carroll (with Dick Hyman on piano). Written for the Broadway show First Impressions (1959).
Jill Corey stars in this National Guard musical tribute to Harold Arlen. Jill sings "Get Happy," "Over the Rainbow" and "I've Got the World on a String" and the Dick Hyman Trio with Mundell Lowe play "It's Only a Paper Moon".
50s Jiver Rock and Roll - Columbia Records B-4-40955 (1957) & A-4-40502 (1955) (1) with Jimmy Carroll Orchestra (2) with Percy Faith Orchestra (LaVern Baker cover)
More info : http://www.jillcorey.net/SiteMap.html#Horse%20Article
#popvocal #rockandroll #50s
Charted at #11 on Billboard Hot 100 in August 1957. Jill's biggest hit. Original Billboard review: "Highly appealing, girlish rendition of the Melvin Endsley rocker. Honky tonk orking, group and retentive strain give this a strong chance. Worth a whirl." Billboard rating: 79 out of 100. The song also charted at #14 on the Country chart for Rusty and Doug in 1957.
Written by Melvin Endsley.
B-side is "Love".
Charted at #21 on Billboard Hot 100 in December 1956. Jill's first chart single. Her biggest hit was "Love Me to Pieces" which charted at #11 in August 1957, and she was the first person to perform the English version of "Let It Be Me" (#57 in April 1957). "I Love My Baby" had charted at #6 for Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians in May 1926 (which I've also posted). Also charted #10 for Aileen Stanley in May 1926.
Original Billboard review: "Jill Corey has a sock platter in this bright bouncy side with stand-out honky tonk type backing and a brisk, brash beat. Should get plenty of spins." Billboard rating: 82 out of 100.
Written by Bud Green and Harry Warren.
B-side is "Egghead".
Columbia 4-41360. Music by Glenn Paxton and lyrics by Robert Goldman and George David Weiss. Orchestra conducted by Jimmy Carroll (with Dick Hyman on piano). Written for the Broadway show First Impressions (1959).
Born as (nee) Norma Jean Speranza in Avonmore, Pennsylvania, about forty miles east of Pittsburgh, a coal mining community, Corey was the youngest of five children. She began singing as an imitator of Carmen Miranda at family gatherings and on amateur shows in grade school (never winning any prizes, usually finishing last).
At the age of 13, she began to develop her own style. She won first prize at a talent contest sponsored by the Lions Club, entitling her to sing a song on a local radio station. This got her invited to have her own program. By the age of 14 she was working seven nights a week, earning $5 a night, with a local orchestra led by Johnny Murphy. By the age of 17 she was a local celebrity talent.
It was suggested she make a tape recording to demonstrate her singing skills to the outside show business world. She made the recording at the home of the only owner of a tape recorder in town, with trains going by in the background and no accompaniment. But the tape came to the attention of Mitch Miller, who headed the artists & repertory section at Columbia Records. He normally received over 100 record demos a week, and this one, with a 17-year-old girl and its train background, would not have been likely to gain his attention.
Why don't you love me to pieces, baby Squeeze me 'til I'm crazy Hold me the way you used to do You know that my love is growin' stronger And I can't wait no longer Been saving my love just for you Hold me, thrill me, squeeze me so tight Miss me, kiss me, all day and night Why don't you love me to pieces, darlin' No use in us quarreling I only need your loving arms You know that I'm plumb mad about you I couldn't live without you I'm just wild about your charms (Repeat first two verses) Why don't you love me to pieces, honey Squeeze me 'til it ain't funny Give me the kisses that I crave You know that I'll never ever leave you And I'll never ever grieve you
(Jill) Songer of Brookville, PA, and Afton M. (Corey) Anthony of Brookville, PA; seven grandchildren; Lani Songer and Savannah Songer, Landon Anothony, Taryn Raines, Braylon Raines, Lindzey Oakes, and ...
Those left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Carolyn Bordelon (Lonnie) of Marksville; three grandchildren, Corey Bordelon (Jessica), Alyssa Bordelon and Jill Dupuy (Clyde); five great ...
He’s doing well, and Jill and I keep him and his family in our prayers.”.Biden also extended condolences to the family of Corey Comperatore, who died shielding his wife and daughters from the gunfire, ...
It’s not American... In the meantime, the president said he and first lady Jill Biden were praying for the family of Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief who was shot and killed during the Trump rally Saturday night in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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