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Kathy Barr
Birth name	Marilyn Sultana Aboulafia
Born	(1929-06-04)June 4, 1929 New York State, U.S.
Died	June 21, 2008(2008-06-21) (aged 79) Hollywood, Florida
Genres	Pop, jazz, opera
Occupation	Vocalist
Labels	RCA Victor
Spouses	Milton L. Schwartz ​ ​ (m. 1954; ann. 1956)​ Irwin M. Glickman ​ (m. 1966)​

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Kathy Barr (born Marilyn Sultana Aboulafia; June 4, 1929 – June 21, 2008) was an American vocalist who performed and recorded popular music, jazz, musical theater, and operettas. Barr flourished during the 1950s in nightclubs, television, and radio. She was acclaimed for her soprano range and ability to sing pop, jazz, and classical.

Personal life

Barr was born Marilyn Sultana Aboulafia to parents of Turkish and Spanish ancestry — her father had immigrated from Turkey.

Barr married Chicago nightclub owner Milton L. Schwartz around April 1954. The marriage was annulled in 1956.

In 1958, she legally changed her name to Kathy Barr.

In 1958, she legally changed her to Kathy Barrister (according to prabook)

In 1965, when she married Irwin M. Glickman (1930–2011), she ended the commercial aspect of her musical career and devoted herself to her family. She and Irwin had a daughter, Sylvia B. Glickman (born 1966).

Glickman graduated in 1947 from DeWitt Clinton High School, the largest high school in American.

• Chico Enterprise (The) (September 20, 1908). "The DwWitt Clinton High School ...". Vol. 79, no. 128. p. 8 (col. 2, middle) – via Newspapers.com.

Vocal range

Vocal range context: Most people can hit three to four octaves. Mariah Carey has a range of five and one-half octaves, as exhibited in her 1994 hit, "All I Want for Christmas Is You." Prince, some speculated, may have sung notes across six octaves. The "Star Spangled Banner," considered difficult to sing, covers an octave and a half.

• Washington Post; Somasundaram, Praveena (December 1, 2022). "Mariah Carey's Vocal Range Is Better Than Most Humans'. Bats Surpass It". ISSN 2641-9599

1. Via blog. ProQuest 2743827933 (US Newsstream database)

• Håkansson, Jonas; Mikkelsen, Cathrine; Jakobsen, Lasse; Elemans, Coen P.H., PhD (November 29, 2022). "Bats Expand Their Vocal Range by Recruiting Different Laryngeal Structures for Echolocation and Social Communication". PLOS Biology (Sound Communication and Behavior Group, Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) LCCN 2003-212293 (publication); ISSN 1544-9173 (print), ISSN 1545-7885 (online); OCLC 52767259 (all editions) (publication); doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001881 (article).

Selected discography

• Hi-Fi; Thornton, John Robert (1914–1994) (September 1958). "Stereo Reels and Records" → "Romberg: The Desert Song – Highlights" (PDF) (LP album review). Vol. 1, no. 8. New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Co. pp. 98–99 – via WorldRadioHistory.com, a site maintained by David Frackelton Gleason (born 1946), Cleveland. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) LCCN 87-644437; ISSN 2689-6176; OCLC 5994920 (all editions).

Popular

Discography

Albums

Label	Cat No.	Released	Album Artist(s)	Side A	Side B	Notes
RCA Victor	LPM–1562	November 1957	Follow Me –––––––––––––––––––– Kathy Barr Jerry Fielding (arranger & conductor)	"Tiptoe Through the Tulips" (audio) "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (audio) "Cuddle up a Little Closer" (audio) "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (audio) "I'm Just Wild About Harry" (audio) "Give Me Something to Remember You By" (audio) –––––––––––––––––––– Mx runout H2 PP5757 – 1S I A1	"Bye Bye Blackbird" (audio) "Love Is Here to Stay" (audio) "Day In, Day Out" (audio) "Fine and Dandy" (audio) "I Know He's Mine" (audio) "Follow Me" (audio) –––––––––––––––––––– Mx runout H2 PP-5758 – 1S I B1	George T. Simon (sleeve notes) Sid Kuller (sleeve notes) –––––––––––––––––––– OCLC 12875997 (all editions)
RCA Victor RCA	LSO–1000 LOP–1000 SF–5005 EPA–4168 CPS–141	1958	Selections From The Desert Song –––––––––––––––––––– Giorgio Tozzi as The Red Shadow Kathy Barr as Margo Peter Palmer (1931–2021) (supporting role) Eugene Morgan (né Eugene Byron Morgan; 1909–1974) (supporting role) Warren Galjour (né Warren Joseph Galjour; 1917–2009) (supporting role) With Male Chorus and Orchestra A. Lehman Engel (1910–1982) (conductor)	"Prelude and Opening Chorus" (audio) "The Riff Song" (audio) "O' Pretty Maid of France" (audio) "Why Did We Marry Soldiers?" (audio) "French Military Marching Song" (audio) "Romance" (audio) "Then You Will Know" (audio) "I Want a Kiss" (audio) "The Desert Song" (audio) –––––––––––––––––––– Mx label H2PP–7449	"Finale" – Act I (audio) "Opening Chorus" ("My Little Castagnette") – Act II (audio) "Eastern and Western Love" (audio) "The Sabre Song" (audio) "Finale" – Act II (audio) –––––––––––––––––––– Mx label H2PP–7450	Leonard Louis Levinson (1904–1974) (sleeve notes) "Beautiful young Kathy Barr is the Margot of our production." Victor Kalin (né Victor Benson Kalin; 1919–1991) (illustration) –––––––––––––––––––– OCLC 5857234 (all editions)
Äva Records	A–48	1964	Do It Again –––––––––––––––––––– Kathy Barr Jerry Fielding (arranger & conductor)	"Just Squeeze Me" (audio) "Should I" (audio) "Do It Again" (audio) "My Sugar Is So Refined" (audio) "How Come You Do Me Like You Do" (audio) "The Desert Song" (audio) –––––––––––––––––––– Mx label HPS–285	"How Little We Know" (audio) "It All Depends On You" (audio) "All Of You" (audio) "You're Driving Me Crazy" (audio) "Don'cha Go Way Mad" (audio) –––––––––––––––––––– Mx label HPS–286	Peter Whorf Graphics (né Peter Lee Whorf; 1931–1995) (design) Wally Heider (1922–1989) (engineer) Leslie Carr (liner notes) (illustration) Linda Bartlett (photography) Recorded at United Recording Corp. Hollywood, California –––––––––––––––––––– OCLC 796372591 (all editions)

Singles

Label	Cat No.	Released	Artist(s)	Side A	Side B	Notes
RCA Victor RCA	45–7036 10373	1957	Kathy Barr With Orchestra Directed by Jerry Fielding	"Welcome Mat" (audio) (©1957) By Jerry Fielding –––––––––––––––––––– Mx label H2PW–5447	"A Slip of the Lip" (©1957) By Walter Kent & Tom Walton (words & music) –––––––––––––––––––– Mx label H2PW–5446	George T. Simon (sleeve notes) Sid Kuller (sleeve notes) –––––––––––––––––––– OCLC 1116161307 (all editions)
RCA	EPA–4168	1958	Selections From The Desert Song –––––––––––––––––––– Giorgio Tozzi as The Red Shadow Kathy Barr as Margo Peter Palmer (1931–2021) (supporting role) Eugene Morgan (né Eugene Byron Morgan; 1909–1974) (supporting role) Warren Galjour (né Warren Joseph Galjour; 1917–2009) (supporting role) With Male Chorus and Orchestra A. Lehman Engel (1910–1982) (conductor)	"The Riff Song" (audio) "The Desert Song" (audio) –––––––––––––––––––– Mx label H 2 PH–7856	"Romance" (audio) "One Alone" –––––––––––––––––––– Mx label H 2 PH–7857	Leonard Louis Levinson (1904–1974) (sleeve notes) "Beautiful young Kathy Barr is the Margot of our production." Victor Kalin (né Victor Benson Kalin; 1919–1991) (illustration) –––––––––––––––––––– OCLC 5857234 (all editions)

Armed Forces Radio

• Old → "Kathy Barr." The Magic of Music (aired May 2, 1958). Radio transcription disc. Program 42. Series: END-570. Prog. Time 25:00. Armed Forces Radio & Television Service (AFRTS). {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |DUPLICATE-type= ignored (help)
  The program hosted, Lt. Bob Osterberg (né Robert Pierce Osterberg) interviewed Kathy Barr and featured tracks from her new album, Follow Me. Osterberg was, among other things, the host and Emmy nominagted TV show, Dress Blues, launched in 1957, airing Sunday afternoons from 1 to 1:30. The show featured "The Marine Corp Four." It was produced by CBS TV affiliate on station KNXT-TV in Los Angeles.

Peter A. Gowland (1916–2010), cover photographer

Dress Blues

Composer -pianist Walter Gross, saxophone player Sonny Criss and "The Four Most," (aka the "Marine Corp Four") a singing group are special guests with host Lt. Bob Osterberg.

Marine Corps musical-variety show. Bob Osterberg emcees.

a popular radio and TV show of the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service, in connection with the El Toro Marine Air Station, broadcast from Los Angels.

• San Francisco Chronicle (January 28, 1988). "Channel 20 Joining News Race". p. E3. ProQuest 302166026; OCLC 5384153248.

• New → "Kathy Barr." The Magic of Music (AFRTS radio show aired May 2, 1958). Radio transcription disc. Program 42. Series: END-570. Prog. Time 25:00. Armed Forces Radio & Television Service (AFRTS) – via Rand's Esoteric OTR.

Presenting from Hollywood

Hosted by Bob Osterburg, El Toro Marine Air Station. Originally broadcast in the Mutual Broadcasting System.

• Times-News (The) (October 25, 1959). "Was Announcer for Marine Players" – "Marine, T.F. Man, Looking Forward to Reunion as Band Plays Here Today". Vol. 41, no. 193. Twin Falls, Idaho. p. 26.

1. Via Newspapers.com.
2. Via Internet Archive.

• Desert Sun (The) (January 10, 2016). "Robert 'Red Barron' Osterberg" (paid notice: obituary). Vol. 89, no. 86. Palm Springs, California. p. 30A.

Via:
1. Legacy.com. (ID: 16422651) .
2. Newspapers.com.
3. ProQuest (US Newsstream).
4. ProQuest (US Newsstream).

• Old Radio Times (The) (September–October 2009). "OTRR Acquires New Episodes & Upgraded Sound Encodes for July/Aug". → "Magic of Music". "Kathy Barr" ("The Official Publication of the Old-Time Radio Researchers"). No. 45. p. 23. OCLC 763181778.

1. Via OTRR blog (PDF).
2. Via Internet Archive.

• TV–Radio Life (formerly Radio–Television Life); Bruce, Jon (August 24, 1957). "Lt. Bob Osterberg of Dress Blues Is a Young Man Who Gets What He Goes After – All of Which Makes the Marine Corps Very Happy" (PDF). Vol. 36, no. 2. Los Angeles: Television News Syndication, Inc. p. 50 – via WorldRadioHistory.com, a site maintained by David Frackelton Gleason (born 1946), Cleveland. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help) ; OCLC 62353884.
  "It was in June of 1955 that Magic in Music went network on Mutual, and when Doris left the show Rosemary Clooney took over.

• Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program NEA Jazz Master Interview (November 8–9, 2010). "Ellis Marsalis (1934–2020)" (PDF) (re: Fred Bassett). Interviewed by Anthony Brown with recording engineer Ken Kimery. Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Discovery of Kathy Barr

Barr, before the age of 17, was discovered and signed to an MGM contract by Louis B. Mayer, himself, following a private audition in the New York studio of Mayer's old friend, Hungarian Professor of Music, Robert J. Korst (1885–1969). But she left Hollywood after a year to tour Europe with an American company under the auspices of impresario Edwin Lester (1895–1990).

Kathy Barr was brought to the attention of RCA Records by Mario Lanza. (cite AFRTS article here)

→ September 1957: Ruthie Shapiro, record promosh, inked to represent Kathy Barr, new RCA recording artist, ex coloratura soprano turned pop.

• Cash Box (The) (September 14, 1957). "Victor Signs Kathy Barr". Vol. 18, no. 52. p. 37. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

1. World Radio History (PDF) – via WorldRadioHistory.com, a site maintained by David Frackelton Gleason (born 1946), Cleveland.

• Cash Box (The) (September 21, 1957). "Through the Coin Chute New England Nibbles". Vol. 19, no. 1. p. 68. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

1. Via World Radio History (PDF) – via WorldRadioHistory.com, a site maintained by David Frackelton Gleason (born 1946), Cleveland.

• Cash Box (The) (November 15, 1958). "Destiny's First Release". Vol. 20, no. 9. p. 39. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

1. Via World Radio History (PDF) – via WorldRadioHistory.com, a site maintained by David Frackelton Gleason (born 1946), Cleveland.
2. Via Internet Archive. (Council on Library and Information Resources with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, College of William & Mary.

• Mize, John Townsen Hinton (1910–1977), ed. (1951) [1927]. International Who Is Who in Music (5th [mid-century] ed.). Chicago: Laurence M. Fine; Who Is Who in Music, Inc.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: editors list (link) LCCN 29-7618; OCLC 4201889 (all editions).

• Boston Globe (The); Laffler, William de Trafford (1917–1984) (December 10, 1957). "Popular Records" (column) Kathy Barr Sings Following Songs" (UP). Vol. 172, no. 163. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Album reviews

• HiFi and Music Review; Gleason, Ralph Joseph (1917–1975) (February 1958). "For Your Entertainment Mood" (column): "Follow Me – Featuring Kathy Barr" (PDF) (LP record review). Vol. 1, no. 1. p. 99 – via WorldRadioHistory.com, a site maintained by David Frackelton Gleason (born 1946), Cleveland. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Club performances

• Latin Quarter, Miami Beach, opened in 1940 by Lou Walters, father of Barbara Walters, and E.M. Loew (né Elias Moses Loew; 1897–1984), a major theater operator, but often assumed to be related to Marcus Loew, an even bigger theater operator. They weren't even distantly related.

• Theatre Organ. Journal of the American Theatre Organ Society – via University of Oklahoma Libraries. LCCN 98-641840; ISSN 0040-5531, ISSN 2832-0441; OCLC 4046918 (all editions) & OCLC 32098816 (all editions).

1. Chavanne, Julius Chavanne (1917–1997), Wakefield, Massachusetts (March–April 1989). "Letters to the Editor". 31 (2): 6. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
2. Elliot, Dorothy E. (1988). "A Gift of Music 'Grandeur Returns to Movie Palace.'" – "This Front-Page Headline in the Providence, Rhode Island, Journal on October 29, 1978, Announced the Re-Opening of the Largest Theatre in the State". 30 (6): 7–9. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

• Directory of Directors in the City of New York (15th ed.). 1916–1917. p. 437.

1. Via Google Books. (Harvard Library).
2. Via HathiTrust. (Harvard Library).

Musical theater roles

Aboulafia means m doggerel Sanskrit, Son of the Lord

Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera

• June 13, 1949 – June 18, 1949: As Mascha in the The Chocolate Soldier, Karl Kritz, conductor, at Pitt Stadium (outdoors).
• June 20, 1949 – June 26, 1949: Understudy of Patrice Munsel paying the title role in the Naughty Marietta, Karl Kritz, conductor, at Pitt Stadium (outdoors).
• June 27, 1949 – July 2, 1949: As Lady Mary in the The Vagabond King, Karl Kritz, conductor, at Pitt Stadium (outdoors).
• August 1, 1949 – August 6, 1940: As Dorothy Gale (leading soprano role) in the Wizard of Oz

Los Angeles Civic Light Opera

• April 24, 1950 – : As Mascha in the The Chocolate Soldier, an Edwin Lester production, Author Kay, conductor, at the Philharmonic Auditorium,

San Francisco Civic Light Opera

• May 22, 1950 – As Mascha in the The Chocolate Soldier, an Edwin Lester production, Author Kay, conductor, at the Curran Theatre,

Broadway

• Make Mine Manhattan
• Marinka, as Marinka (leading soprano role)

Winter Garden Theatre, New York

• 1947: The Red Mill

Australia touring production

Tivoli circuit, Melbourne: Opened May 28, 1948, at the Tivoli Theater, Melbourne

At the age of 19, Barr was elevated to the role of Marinka after being the understudy for Kathryn Grayson

• Oakland Tribune; Soanes, Wood (né Clarence Aloysius Wood Soanes; 1895–1955) (June 12, 1950). "Curtain Calls" (column) "Concerning Kathy Barr". Vol. 152, no. 163. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Selected audio

• "The Desert Song" on YouTube, from the operetta by the same name, composed by Sigmund Romberg

Giorgio Tozzi & Barr, vocals

RCA Victor (1958)

External links

• Andrew Godfrey, Blog: "Nostalgia and Now: Meet 50′s Cheesecake Singer: Kathy Barr", May 13, 2011

Sample citation

• The Gentleman's Directory. New York: (privately published). 1870.

1. Re-Print → The Gentleman's Directory. New York Historical Society; Applewood Books. 2013 [1870]. ISBN 978-1-4290-9809-0, 1-4290-9809-0; OCLC 864505653 (all editions).

Bibliography

References

• Down Beat (January 1, 1940). "Orchestra Personnels" → "Al Trace". Vol. 7, no. 1. p. 17 – via Internet Archive (Kahle/Austin Foundation). {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

• Argus (The) (May 29, 1948). "Operetta Opens at Tivoli". No. 31744. Melbourne. p. 5 (col. 1) – via Trove.

• Argus (The) (April 5, 1948). "Tivoli Stage Shows to be Filmed Here". No. 31697. Melbourne. p. 3 (cols. 1–3; bottom) – via Trove.

• Brooklyn Eagle; Salerno, Alfred "Al" (1918–2008) (148). "Brooklyn and Broadway Nightlife" (column) "Contract for Kathy Barr". Vol. 110 (Late News ed.). p. 9 – via Newspapers.com. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |DUPLICATE-date= ignored (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

• Toss → "Musical Barr", The Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio), April 14, 1958.

• Buffalo Evening News; Lawson, Nell (aka Mrs. Fred Kosslow; né Helen Lawson; 1908–1969) (November 25, 1957). "Disc Date" (column) → "Kathy Barr" (PDF). Vol. 155, no. 39. p. 37 (Section 3; col. 2) – via Fultonhistory.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  "Kathy Barr, stunning red-haired singer of American birth and Turkish ancestry, has a three-and one-half octave voice and the things she does with it in her RCA-Victor debut 1ong-play titled Follow Me are a revelation. She is a subtle interpreter of "Tip-Toe Through the Tulips", "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (she borrows nothing from Mary Martin), "Bye, Bye Blackbird" and others with music arranged and conducted by Jerry Fielding.

• Cash Box (The) (November 9, 1957). "November Album Releases" → "RCA Victor" → "Follow Me"". Vol. 19, no. 8. p. 32 – via Internet Archive (Council on Library and Information Resources; Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; College of William and Mary Libraries). {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

• Cedar Rapids Gazette (The) (April 22, 1958). "Pretty Singer to Change Her Name". Vol. 76, no. 103. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.

• Claghorn, Charles Eugene (1911–2005) (1973). Biographical Dictionary of American Music. → "Engel, A. Lehman". West Nyack, New York: Parker Publishing Company, Inc. p. 142 – via Internet Archive (Brown University Library).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) LCCN 73-5534; ISBN 0-1307-6331-4; OCLC 609781 (all editions).

• Herald Statesman (The) (December 19, 1974). "Obituaries" → "Eugene Morgan". Vol. 112, no. 31. p. 16 (col. 2, top) – via Newspapers.com.

• Morning Call (The); Lewis, Dan (June 17, 1968). "Kathy Barr Can't Quit". Vol. 172, no. 145. Patterson, New Jersey: Donald Gowen Borg (1906–1975) (publisher). p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.

• Daily News; Albelli, Alfred Abraham (1901–1983) (June 6, 1956). "No Kids to Hug Her, Educated Bosom, Sues". Vol. 37, no. 297 (Late ed.). p. 4 (digital image 376) – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

• Journal and Courier; Flowers, James (March 8, 1958). "Gave Up Math – Accident Turns Actress Into a Singer" (Central Press Association). Lafayette, Indiana. p. 20 (digital image 36) – via Newspapers.com.
  "Of Turkish ancestry, Kathy was born in Manhattan, the only child of Tess and George Aboulafia. Christened Marilyn Sultana, she took her professional name from her grandmother when she decided on a singing career."

• Leader-Herald; Kleiner, Dick (December 17, 1953). "Kathy Barr Sings Anything From Gospel to Blues; She Gives God Credit for Voice" (PDF) (syndicated column by the Newspaper Enterprise Association). Vol. 3, no. 277. p. 12 (lower right) – via Fultonhistory.com.

• Toss (can't find) → "Big Name Hunter", by Earl Wilson, Syracuse Herald Journal December 17, 1953, col. 3, 3 to last paragraph.

• Newsday; Wilson, Earl (December 16, 1953). "It Happened Last Night" (syndicated column) "Big-Name Hunter ... ". Vol. 14, no. 87 (Final, Long Island ed.). p. S50 (digital image 49) – via Newspapers.com.

• Toss → (circular reference) "Kathy Barr". Retrieved June 6, 2022.

Genealogical references

• New York, New York, Marriage License Indexes, 1907–2018. Re: Irwin Glickman and Marilyn Aboulafia → Manhattan, New York City → 1965 → License Number: 5088 – via Ancestry.com.

Copyrights

• Catalogue of Copyright Entries. "Third Series." "Music".

1. Vol. 11, Part 5, No. 2. July–December 1957. "A Slip of the Lip". © Mayfair Music Corp.; 19 July 1957; Class E (musical composition) Unpublished [EU]485831. p. 1444 – via Internet Archive (University of Michigan Library).
2. Vol. 11, Part 5, No. 2. July–December 1957. "I Wouldn’t Let You Wipe Your Feet off on My Nice Clean Welcome Mat". © Arpege Music Co.; 30 August 1957; Class E (musical composition) Unpublished [EU]490815. p. 1228 – via Internet Archive (University of Michigan Library).

External links

• Gasten, David (May 13, 2011). "Meet 50's Cheesecake Singer: Kathy Barr" – via Nostalgia and Now, the blog at WordPress of Andrew John Godfrey of Sulphur, Louisiana. The author, David Gasten, is (or was) from the blog, This Is Vintage, of Swing City Productions, Los Angeles. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help); Unknown parameter |DUPLICATE-last1= ignored (help)

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