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Born

• February 3, 1921
• Montclair, NJ

Real Name

• Theresa Anna Maria Stabile

Dolly Dawn

Chubby, diminutive singer known for her rather large voice, Dolly Dawn began singing at New York's Hotel Taft with the George Hall Orchestra in 1935 while she was still in her early teens. She quickly became a popular attraction. Hall left the Taft in 1940, taking Dolly with him. In July of 1941 he grew weary of leading a band and turned over his orchestra to Dolly, renaming it Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol. Dolly was successful leading the group, but the stress of the job soon got to her. Her singing career was doing quite well, and she found it easier to book herself solo than with the band. In March of 1942 she gave up the orchestra.

It has often been rumored that George Hall had adopted her. Dolly, though, let us know that the rumor wasn't true, saying ''I had my own parents, why would I want anyone to adopt me?''