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Dinah Shore

One of the superstars of the 1940s, Dinah Shore was indelibly associated with the big band era while also making her mark in Hollywood in various films and TV shows. Yet she had to overcome adversity along the way, suffering from polio at the age of two - resulting in a lifelong limp - and growing up in humble circumstances in Winchester, Tennessee in a family of Russian Jewish shopkeepers; as a child she would give impromptu performances for the customers in the shop. After gaining a degree in sociology, she moved to Nashville to pursue her singing dream and made her radio debut...