Kay Brown Profile

Kay Brown

	(Dolores Kay Brown)
2 July 33	is born in Peoria, Illinois, to Luther and Viola Brown
?	is a gymnast
50	signs with Mercury Records
	is a regular on Dixie Showboat, a local Los Angeles TV show
	is signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to star in The Strip (1951)
51	marries musician Maynard Ferguson
15 July 52	joins the Stan Kenton Orchestra
5 January 53	quits the Stan Kenton Orchestra
11 February 53	says of her quitting of Kenton's band, "I was not advancing her career by singing with the band."
54	divorces Ferguson
5 October 54	Sidney Skolsky writes that "she has a recording 'Oop Shoop' backed with 'Love Me' which stands a good chance of being a big hit record."
January 55	files a $51,850 damage suit for injuries received in an auto accident
January 56	is featured in Escapade
56	says about bandleader Stan Kenton, "Stan was a real great guy to work for. We always called him the Great White Father. He's a sincere, hard-working perfectionist, and I learned a lot from him."
56	signs with Decca Records
30 October 56	performs at Jan Rubini's Keyboard in Beverly Hills
December 56	goes to Japan to perform with Johnny Grant's group band
57	signs with Metro Records
14 May 58	appears in a new show in the Cafe Pompeii of the Eden Roc Hotel
15 March 61	marries Robert Charles Steed
?	divorces Steed
4 December 63	marries John R Hudgens
?	divorces Hudgens
10 March 72	marries Brent Lyon Wood in Las Vegas, Nevada
?	sings at her church, Trinity Temple, in Las Vegas
2 January 22	dies in Lund, Nevada

Sources: Samuel Clemens, Down Beat 20, Escapade, Clarion-Ledger, Daily News, Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, Los Angeles Times, Ancestry.com
Recommended Books: Pageantry by Samuel Clemens
Links: Discogs Obituary