Kay Brown | |||
Birth Name: | Dolores Kay Brown | ||
Birth Date: | 2 July 1933 | ||
Birth Place: | Peoria, Illinois | ||
Death Place: | Lund, Nevada | ||
Occupation: | singer, actress | ||
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Kay Brown (full name Dolores Kay Brown, July 2, 1933 – January 2, 2022) was an American singer[1] [2] who recorded for Mercury and Decca in the 1950s.
She notably acted in the 1951 movie "The Strip"[3] and sang the song "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" in it.[4]
In the early 1950s she notably dated Mickey Rooney.[5]
Brown was married to bandleader Maynard Ferguson for two years in the 1950s.[6] In the early 1970s, she married Brent Lyon Wood.