Dinah Shore | |
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 Publicity photo, 1951 | |
| Born | Frances Rose Shore February 29, 1916 Winchester, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | February 24, 1994(1994-02-24) (aged 77) |
| Resting place | Hillside Memorial Park |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University |
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| Years active | 1939–1994 |
| Known for | |
| Spouses | |
| Partner | Burt Reynolds (1971–1976) |
| Children | 2 |
Dinah Shore (bornFrances Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, television personality, and the chart-topping female vocalist of the 1940s. She rose to prominence as a recording artist during theBig Band era. She achieved even greater success a decade later in television, mainly as the host of a series of variety programs sponsored byChevrolet.
After failing singing auditions for the bands ofBenny Goodman, and bothJimmy andTommy Dorsey, Shore struck out on her own. She became the first singer of her era to achieve huge solo success. She had a string of eighty charted popular hits, spanning from 1940 to 1957, and after appearing in a handful of feature films, she went on to a four-decade career in American television. She starred in her own music andvariety shows from 1951 through 1963 and hosted twotalk shows in the 1970s.TV Guide ranked her at number 16 on their list of the top 50 television stars of all time. Stylistically, Shore was compared to two singers who followed her in the mid-to-late 1940s and early 1950s,Jo Stafford andPatti Page.[citation needed]
Frances "Fanny" Rose Shore was born on February 29, 1916, toRussian-Jewish immigrant shopkeepers, Anna (née Stein) and Solomon Shore, inWinchester, Tennessee.[1][2] She had an elder sister, eight years her senior, Elizabeth, known as "Bessie". When Fanny was eighteen months old, she was stricken withpolio (infantile paralysis). The only known treatment was bed rest and sometimes more extreme care if the child was severely compromised. Her mother provided extensive care for her, which included regular therapeutic massage and a strict exercise program.[2] She recovered, but sustained a deformed foot and limp. Fanny loved to sing as a small child; her mother, acontralto with operatic aspirations, encouraged her. Her father often took her to his store, where she would perform impromptu songs for the customers.[3][4]
In 1924, the Shore family moved toMcMinnville, Tennessee, where her father had opened a department store. By her fifth-grade year, the family had moved toNashville, where she completed elementary school. Although shy because of her limp, she became actively involved in sports, was a cheerleader at Nashville'sHume-Fogg High School, and was involved in other activities.[citation needed]
When Shore was 16, her mother died unexpectedly from aheart attack. Pursuing her education, Shore enrolled atVanderbilt University, where she participated in many events and activities, including the Chi chapter of theAlpha Epsilon Phi sorority. She graduated from the university in 1938 with a degree insociology.[5] She visited theGrand Ole Opry and made her radio debut on Nashville'sWSM radio station.[citation needed]
Shore decided to return to pursuing her career in singing, moving to New York City to audition for orchestras and radio stations. At first she went there on a summer break from Vanderbilt, and after graduation, for good. In many of her auditions, she sang the popular song "Dinah". Whendisc jockeyMartin Block could not remember her name, he called her the "Dinah girl", and soon after the name stuck, becoming herstage name.[6] She eventually was hired as a vocalist at radio stationWNEW, where she sang withFrank Sinatra. She recorded and performed with theXavier Cugat orchestra, and signed arecording contract withRCA Victor Records in 1940.[citation needed]
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In March 1939, Shore debuted on national radio on the Sunday-afternoonCBS Radio program,Ben Bernie's Orchestra. In February 1940, she became a featured vocalist on theNBC Radio programThe Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street, a showcase for traditionalDixieland andblues songs. With her, the program became so popular, it was moved from 4:30 Sunday afternoon to a 9:00 Monday night time slot in September. In herprimetime debut for "the music of the Three Bs, Barrelhouse,Boogie-woogie, and the Blues", she was introduced as "Mademoiselle Dinah 'Diva' Shore, who starts a fire by rubbing two notes together!"[7] She recorded with the twoBasin Street bands forRCA Victor; one of her records was the eponymousDinah's Blues.
Shore's singing came to the attention ofEddie Cantor. He signed her as a regular on his radio show,Time to Smile, in 1940.[8] Shore credits him for teaching her self-confidence, comedic timing, and the ways of connecting with an audience.[9] In 1943, Shore appeared in her first movie,Thank Your Lucky Stars, starring Cantor. In August 1944 she toured theEuropean Theater of Operations hosted byCommunications Zone commander Lt. Gen.John C. H. Lee.
She soon went to another radio show,Paul Whiteman Presents. During this time, the United States was involved inWorld War II, and Shore became a favorite with the troops. She had hits, including "Blues in the Night",[10] "Jim", "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To", and "I'll Walk Alone", the first of her number-one hits. "Blues in the Night" sold over one million copies, and was awarded agold disc by theRIAA.[11]
Shore continued appearing in radio shows throughout the 1940s, includingThe Bird's Eye Open House andFord Radio Show. In early 1946, she moved to a new label, the CBS-ownedColumbia Records. At Columbia, Shore enjoyed the greatest commercial success of her recording career, starting with her first Columbia single release, "Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy", and peaking with the most popular song of 1948, "Buttons and Bows", (withHenri René & Orchestra), which was number one for ten weeks, and her second million selling record.[12] Other number-one hits at Columbia included "The Gypsy" and "The Anniversary Song".[citation needed] Shore soon became a successful singing star with her own radio show,Call for Music, which was broadcast onCBS from February 13, 1948, to April 16, 1948, and onNBC from April 20, 1948, to June 29, 1948.[13]
One of her most popular recordings was the holiday perennial "Baby, It's Cold Outside" withBuddy Clark from 1949. The song was covered by many other artists, such asElla Fitzgerald. Other hits during her four years at Columbia included "Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)", "I Wish I Didn't Love You So", "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons", "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly", and "Dear Hearts and Gentle People". She was a regular withJack Smith on hisquarter-hour radio show on CBS from 1950 to 1951.[14]
Shore was a musical guest in the filmsThank Your Lucky Stars (1943),Follow the Boys (1944), andTill the Clouds Roll By (1946) and had starring roles in Danny Kaye's debutUp in Arms (1944) andBelle of the Yukon (1944). She lent her musical voice to twoDisney films:Make Mine Music (1946) andFun and Fancy Free (1947). Her last starring film role was forParamount Pictures inAaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952).[citation needed]
In 1950, Shore returned to RCA Victor with a deal to record 100 sides for $1 million (equivalent to $13.1 million in 2024). The hits kept coming, but with less frequency, and were not charting as high as in the 1940s. Shore's biggest hits of this era were "My Heart Cries for You" and "Sweet Violets", both peaking at number three in 1951. Several duets withTony Martin did well, with "A Penny a Kiss" being the most popular, reaching number eight."Blue Canary" [ru] was a 1953 hit, and her covers of "Changing Partners" and "If I Give My Heart to You" were popular top-20 hits. "Love and Marriage" and "Whatever Lola Wants" were top-20 hits from 1955.
"Chantez, Chantez" was her last top-20 hit, staying on the charts for over 20 weeks in 1957. Shore remained at RCA Victor until 1958, and during that time, released albums includingBouquet of Blues,Once in a While, andVivacious, which were collections of singles with different orchestras and conductors such asFrank DeVol andHugo Winterhalter. Thestudio albumsHolding Hands at Midnight, from 1955, andMoments Like These, from 1958, recorded instereo, with orchestra under the musical direction ofHarry Zimmerman, who performed the same duties onThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show, were the exceptions.[citation needed]
In 1959, Shore left RCA Victor forCapitol Records. Although she recorded only one minor hit for her new label ("I Ain't Down Yet", which peaked at 102 onBillboard'spop chart in 1960), the collaboration produced four "theme albums" that paired her with arrangerNelson Riddle (Dinah, Yes Indeed!), conductor and accompanistAndré Previn (Somebody Loves Me andDinah Sings, Previn Plays), andjazz'sRed Norvo (Dinah Sings Some Blues with Red). Her final two Capitol albums wereDinah, Down Home andThe Fabulous Hits (Newly Recorded).[citation needed]
Shore was dropped by Capitol in 1962 and recorded only a handful of albums over the next two decades. She recordedLower Basin Street Revisited for friendFrank Sinatra'sReprise label in 1965,Songs for Sometime Losers (Project 3, 1967),Country Feelin' (Decca, 1969),Once Upon A Summertime (Stanyan, 1975), andDinah!, a double LP for Capitol in 1976. She recorded this album at the height of hertalk show fame, and it featured her take on contemporary hits such as "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover", "The Hungry Years", and "Theme fromMahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)". Her final studio album was released in 1979,Dinah!: I've Got a Song, for theChildren's Television Workshop.[citation needed]
Shore starred in seven radio series of her own between 1941 and 1954.[15] She made hundreds of guest appearances in shows including an episode ofSuspense ("Frankie and Johnny", May 5, 1952).[16]
Soon after Shore arrived in New York in 1937, aged 21, Shore made her first television appearances on experimental broadcasts forNBC over station W2XBS in New York (nowWNBC). Twelve years later, in 1949, she made her commercial television debut onThe Ed Wynn Show from Los Angeles overCBS and on Easter Sunday 1950, made a guest appearance onBob Hope's first network television show on NBC. After guest spots on many television shows, she was given her own program,The Dinah Shore Show on NBC on November 27, 1951.[17]Vic Schoen was her musical director from 1951 to 1954, and also arranged music for her onThe Colgate Comedy Hour (1954).
In 1956, Shore began hosting a monthly series of one-hour, full-color spectaculars as part of NBC'sThe Chevy Show series. These proved so popular, the show was renamedThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show the following season, with Shore becoming the full-time host, helming three of four weeks in the month. Broadcast live and in NBC's famous "Living Color", this variety show was one of the most popular of the 1950s and early 1960s and featured the television debuts of stars of the era, such asYves Montand andMaureen O'Hara, and featured Shore in performances alongsideElla Fitzgerald,Mahalia Jackson,Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, andPearl Bailey.Tennessee Ernie Ford was a featured guest on one show, and she introduced him,tongue-in-cheek, as "Tennessee Ernie CHEVROLET!!" She also appeared as a guest onThe Pat Boone Chevy Showroom.
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ran through the 1960–61 season, after which Chevrolet dropped sponsorship, and Shore hosted a series of monthly broadcasts sponsored by theAmerican Dairy Association andGreen Stamps. Simply calledThe Dinah Shore Show, Shore's guests includedNat "King" Cole,Bing Crosby,Jack Lemmon,Boris Karloff,Betty Hutton,Art Carney, and a youngBarbra Streisand. Over twelve seasons, from 1951 to 1963, Shore made 125 hour-long programs and 444 fifteen-minute shows. She always ended her televised programs by throwing an enthusiastic kiss directly to the cameras (and viewers) and exclaiming "MWAH!" to the audience.
Shore also appeared in four specials forABC (in black-and-white) in the 1964–65 season. They were sponsored by thePurex Corporation.
From 1970 through 1980, Shore hosted two daytime programs,Dinah's Place (1970–1974) on NBC andDinah! (laterDinah and Friends) insyndication from 1974 through 1980 and a third cable program from 1989 to 1992.Dinah's Place, primarily sponsored byColgate-Palmolive (which later sponsored her women's golf tournament), was a 30-minute Monday-through-Friday program broadcast at 10:00 am (ET) over NBC, her network home since 1939.[18] Shore described this show as a "Do-Show" as opposed to a chat show because she would have her guests demonstrate an unexpected skill, for example, Frank Sinatra sharing hisspaghetti sauce recipe, Vice PresidentSpiro Agnew playing keyboard accompanying Shore on "Sophisticated Lady", orGinger Rogers showing Shore how to throw a clay pot on apotter's wheel.
AlthoughDinah's Place featured famous guest stars, Shore often grilled lesser-known lifestyle experts on nutrition, exercise, or homemaking. Despite being one of the more popular programs in NBC's morning lineup, dominating in the timeslot, facing outThe Lucy Show reruns on CBS and local programming on ABC, this show left the air in 1974 after NBC sent a telegram to Shore congratulating her on herEmmy win – at the same time informing her the show was being cancelled, because it broke up a "game showprogramming block" and competition fromThe Joker's Wild on CBS, which started two years earlier. Thus ended the network's 35-year association with Shore. She returned that fall withDinah!, a syndicated 90-minute dailytalk show (also seen in a 60-minute version on some stations) that put the focus on top guest stars and entertainment. This show was seen as competition forMike Douglas andMerv Griffin, whose shows had been on the air for ten years whenDinah! debuted. Frequent guests included entertainment figures (Lucille Ball,Bob Hope, andJimmy Stewart), as well as regular contributors includinglifestyle guru Dr.Wayne Dyer.
Unexpectedrock music performance appearances includedTina Turner,David Bowie, andIggy Pop. Shore also appeared on theNorman Learcomedy-soap operaMary Hartman, Mary Hartman in April 1976. On the show, Shore interviewed country-singing character Loretta Haggars (played byMary Kay Place) and included a controversial comment from Haggars during her appearance on a "live" airing of Shore's talk show. ComedianAndy Kaufman in hisTony Clifton guise appeared on her show but did not, as rumored, throw eggs at Shore or pour them on her head.[19]
Shore, with herDixie drawl and demure manner, was identified with theSouth, and guests on her shows often commented on it. She spoofed this image by playing Melody in "Went with the Wind!", the famousGone with the Wind parody forThe Carol Burnett Show. In the summer of 1976, Shore hostedDinah and Her New Best Friends, an eight-week summer replacement series forThe Carol Burnett Show which featured a cast of young hopefuls such asDiana Canova andGary Mule Deer, along with such seasoned guests asJean Stapleton andLinda Lavin. Shore guest-starred onPee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special, callingPee-wee on his picturephone and singing "The 12 Days of Christmas". Throughout the special, Pee-wee walks past the picturephone, only to hear her going past the original 12 days ("...on the 500th day of Christmas ...").[citation needed]
Shore finished her television career by appearing onMurder, She Wrote in 1989, and hostingA Conversation with Dinah (1989–1992) on thecable network TNN (The Nashville Network). This half-hour show consisted of one-on-one interviews with celebrities and comedians (such as Bob Hope), former boyfriends (Burt Reynolds in a special one-hour episode), and political figures (formerPresidentGerald Ford and his wife and formerFirst LadyBetty Ford). In a coup, Shore got the first post-White House interview given by former First LadyNancy Reagan. Around this time, she gained a contract as television spokeswoman for Holly Farms chicken. In the 1980s, Shore sang inGlendale Federal Bank television commercials. Her last television special,Dinah Comes Home (TNN 1991), brought Shore's career full-circle, taking her back to the stage of theGrand Ole Opry, which she first visited some sixty years earlier. Shore won nine Emmys, aPeabody Award, and aGolden Globe Award.[20] Shore's talk shows sometimes included cooking segments, and she wrotecookbooks includingSomeone's in the Kitchen with Dinah.[21]
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Shore was married to actorGeorge Montgomery from 1943 to 1962. She gave birth to daughter Melissa Ann "Missy" Montgomery, in January 1948. Later the couple adopted a son, John David "Jody" Montgomery. Missy Montgomery also became an actress.[citation needed]
George Jacobs, in his memoirMr. S aboutFrank Sinatra, for whom he worked as a longtimevalet, claimed Shore and Sinatra had a long-standing affair in the 1950s. After her divorce in 1963 from Montgomery, she briefly married professional tennis player Maurice F. Smith.[22] Her romances of the later 1960s involved comedianDick Martin,[citation needed] singerEddie Fisher,[citation needed] and actorRod Taylor.[23]
Starting in 1971, Shore had a six-year public romance with actorBurt Reynolds, who was 20 years her junior.[24][25]
Her daughter, Melissa Montgomery, is the owner of the rights to most of Shore's television series. In March 2003,PBS presentedMWAH! The Best of The Dinah Shore Show 1956–1963, an hour-long special of early color videotaped footage of Shore in duets with guestsElla Fitzgerald,Jack Lemmon,Frank Sinatra,Bing Crosby,Pearl Bailey,George Burns,Groucho Marx,Peggy Lee, andMahalia Jackson.
Shore, who played golf,[17] was a longtime supporter of women'sprofessional golf. In 1972, she helped found the Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Tournament, which, in its current identity as theChevron Championship, remains one of themajor golf tournaments on theLPGA Tour. Until 2022, the tournament was held each spring atMission Hills Country Club, near Shore's former home inPalm Springs, California. The event moved to Texas in 2023 at the behest of the new sponsor. Mission Hills’ Dinah Shore Course is currently host of the Galleri Classic, a 78-man, 54-hole no-cut tournament on thePGA Tour Champions for players over 50.
Shore was the first female member of theHillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles.[26]
In acknowledgment of her contributions to golf, Shore was elected an honorary member of the LPGA Hall of Fame in 1994.[27] Shore became a member of theWorld Golf Hall of Fame when it absorbed the LPGA Hall in 1998. She received the 1993Old Tom Morris Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, GCSAA's highest honor.
In 1963, she hiredmid-century modern architectDonald Wexler to design her home inPalm Springs. The house was sold to actorLeonardo DiCaprio in 2014 for almost $5.5 million.[28]
In the spring of 1993, Shore was diagnosed withovarian cancer. She died of complications from the disease at her home inBeverly Hills, California, on February 24, 1994. Her body was cremated the same day. Some of the ashes were interred in two memorial sites: theHillside Memorial Park Cemetery[29] inCulver City, California, andForest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City). Other ashes went to relatives.[30]
A street named after Shore runs through the towns ofPalm Springs,Cathedral City andRancho Mirage, California. Her hometown ofWinchester, Tennessee, honored her with Dinah Shore Boulevard.[31] In 1989, she received the Golden Plate Award of theAmerican Academy of Achievement.[32][33][34] In 1991, she was inducted into theTelevision Hall of Fame. In 1996, a Golden Palm Star on thePalm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to her.[35]
| Year | Single (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | Chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | |||
| 1939 | "Who Told You I Cared" b/w "I Like to Recognize the Tune" | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| "I Thought About You" b/w "Last Night" | — | — | ||
| "Careless" b/w "Darn That Dream" | — | — | ||
| "Watching the Clock" b/w "I've Got My Eyes on You" | — | — | ||
| 1940 | "Shake Down the Stars" b/w "Imagination" | — | — | |
| "Say It" b/w "Just A-Whistlin' and A-Whittlin'" | — | — | ||
| "The Breeze and I" b/w "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano" Both sides withXavier Cugat | 13 | — | Cugie! | |
| "You Can't Brush Me Off" b/w "Outside of That, I Love You" Both sides withDick Todd | 24 | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Whatever Happened to You?" (with Xavier Cugat) | 22 | — | Cugie! | |
| "The Rumba-Cardi" (with Xavier Cugat) | 19 | — | ||
| "Maybe" b/w "The Nearness of You" | 17 | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" b/w "How Come You Like Me Like You Do" | — | — | Musical Orchids (10" LP) | |
| "Yes, My Darling Daughter" b/w "Down Argentina Way" | 10 | — | Non-album tracks | |
| 1941 | "Mood Indigo" | — | — | |
| "Dinah's Blues" | — | — | ||
| "My Man" b/w "Somebody Loves Me" | 23 | — | Musical Orchids (10" LP) | |
| "Somewhere" b/w "Memphis Blues" (fromMusical Orchids 10" LP) | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "I Hear a Rhapsody" | 9 | — | ||
| "I Do, Do You?" | 22 | — | ||
| "For All Time" b/w "#10 Lullaby Lane" | — | — | ||
| "Where Are You" b/w "Mockingbird Lament" | — | — | ||
| "Do You Care?" b/w "Honeysuckle Rose" (fromMusical Orchids 10" LP) | 21 | — | ||
| "Quiéreme Mucho" (with Xavier Cugat) | 16 | — | ||
| "Jim" b/w "I'm Through with Love" | 5 | — | ||
| 1942 | "You and I" b/w "On a Bicycle Built for Two" | — | — | |
| "Love Me or Leave Me" b/w "All Alone" | — | — | ||
| "Somebody Nobody Loves" b/w "If It's You" | — | — | ||
| "Miss You"[10] b/w "Is It Taboo (To Fall In Love with You)" | 8 | — | ||
| "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" b/w "This Is No Laughing Matter" (Non-album track) | 19 | — | Dinah Shore Sings the Blues (10" LP) | |
| "Don't Leave Me" b/w "As We Walk Into the Sunset" | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Everything I Love" b/w "Happy In Love" | — | — | ||
| "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" b/w "Fooled" | 12 | — | ||
| "Blues in the Night"[10] b/w "Sometimes" (Non-album track) | 4 | — | Musical Orchids (10" LP) | |
| "Goodnight, Captain Curly-Head" | 23 | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Skylark" | 5 | — | ||
| "I Look at Heaven When I Look at You" b/w "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" | — | — | ||
| "Not Mine" b/w "She'll Always Remember" | — | — | ||
| "He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings" b/w "Conchita, Marcheta, Lolita, Pepita, Rosita" | 16 | — | ||
| "Mad About Him" b/w "Be Careful, It's My Heart" (Non-album track) | 18 | — | Musical Orchids (10" LP) | |
| "Body and Soul" b/w "Sophisticated Lady" | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Sleepy Lagoon" b/w "Three Little Sisters" | 12 | — | ||
| "One Dozen Roses" b/w "All I Need Is You" | 8 | — | ||
| "Stardust" | — | — | ||
| "He's My Guy" b/w "A Boy In Khaki, A Girl In Lace" | 20 | — | ||
| "Dearly Beloved" | 10 | — | ||
| 1943 | "Why Don't You Fall In Love with Me?" | 3 | — | |
| "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" b/w "Manhattan Serenade" | 3 | 10 | ||
| "Murder He Says" | 5 | — | ||
| "Something to Remember You By" | 18 | — | ||
| 1944 | "Now I Know" b/w "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" (Non-album track) | — | — | Moments Like These |
| "I'll Walk Alone" b/w "It Could Happen to You" | 1 | 10 | Non-album tracks | |
| "Together" b/w "I Learned a Lesson I'll Never Forget" | 19 | — | ||
| 1945 | "Auld Lang Syne" b/w "I Can't Tell You Why I Love You" | — | — | |
| "Sleigh Ride In July" b/w "Like Someone in Love" | 8 | — | ||
| "Candy" | 5 | — | ||
| "He's Home For a Little While" | 11 | — | ||
| "I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" b/w "Let's Take the Long Way Home" | — | — | ||
| "The Man I Love" b/w "Do It Again" | — | — | ||
| "Someone to Watch Over Me" b/w "Love Walked In" | — | — | ||
| "Along the Navajo Trail" b/w "Counting the Days" | — | — | ||
| "I Fall In Love Too Easily" b/w "Can't You Read Between the Lines" | — | — | ||
| "But I Did" b/w "As Long As I Live" | 16 | — | ||
| "My Guy's Come Back" b/w "Honey" | 14 | — | ||
| "Pass Me That Peace Pipe" b/w "Everybody Knew But Me" | — | — | ||
| 1946 | "Personality" b/w "Welcome to My Dream" | 10 | — | |
| "Everybody Knew But Me" b/w "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me" | — | — | ||
| "Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy" b/w "Here I Go Again" (Non-album track) | 6 | — | Buttons and Bows | |
| "Where Did You Learn to Love" b/w "Coax Me a Little Bit" (fromThe Girl Friends) | — | — | Non-album track | |
| "Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)" | 3 | — | Lavender Blue | |
| "The Gypsy" | 1 | — | Dinah Shore Sings (10" LP) | |
| "All That Glitters Is Not Gold" b/w "Come Rain or Come Shine" (fromLavender Blue) | 9 | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" b/w "I Got Lost in His Arms" (Non-album track) | 3 | — | Buttons and Bows | |
| "Two Silhouettes" b/w "That Little Dream Got Nowhere" | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song" b/w "The Way That the Wind Blows" | 5 | — | ||
| "I'll Never Love Again" b/w "You, So It's You" | — | — | ||
| "Who'll Buy My Violets" b/w "I May Be Wrong But I Think You're Wonderful" (fromReminiscing With Dinah Shore 10" LP) | — | — | ||
| "Remember" b/w "White Christmas" | — | — | ||
| 1947 | "A Rainy Night In Rio" b/w "Through a Thousand Dreams" | — | — | |
| "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" b/w "You'll Always Be the One I Love" (Non-album track) | 2 | — | Buttons and Bows | |
| "And So to Bed" b/w "Sooner or Later" | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "My Bel Ami" b/w "I'll Close My Eyes" | — | — | ||
| "The Anniversary Song" b/w "Heartaches, Sadness and Tears" | 1 | — | ||
| "Dixie" b/w "I've Got You Under My Skin" | — | — | A Date with Dinah (10" LP) | |
| "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man of Mine" b/w "Kerry Dance" | — | — | ||
| "After I Say I'm Sorry" b/w "The Thrill Is Gone" | — | — | ||
| "There'll Be Some Changes Made" b/w "They Didn't Believe Me" | — | — | ||
| "The Egg and I" b/w "Who Cares What People Say" | 16 | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "When Am I Gonna Kiss You Good Morning?" b/w "Mama Do I Gotta" | 23 | — | ||
| "Ask Anyone Who Knows" b/w "Papa Don't Preach To Me" (fromButtons and Bows) | — | — | ||
| "Tallahassee" b/w "Natch" Both sides with Woody Herman | 15 | — | ||
| "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" b/w "I'm So Right Tonight" (Non-album track) | 2 | — | Love Songs Sung By Dinah Shore | |
| "You Do" b/w "Kokomo, Indiana" | 4 | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "It Takes a Long, Long Train with a Red Caboose" b/w "Do a Little Business On the Side" | 23 | — | ||
| "Golden Earrings" b/w "The Gentleman Is a Dope" (fromDinah Shore Sings Cole Porter and Richard Rodgers) | 25 | — | Lavender Blue | |
| "How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You)" b/w "Fool That I Am" | 8 | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "In a Little Book Shop" b/w "I'll Always Be in Love with You" | — | — | ||
| "At the Candlelight Cafe" | 24 | — | ||
| 1948 | "The Best Things In Life Are Free" | 18 | — | |
| "What's Good About Goodbye" b/w "Hooray for Love" | — | — | ||
| "Little White Lies" b/w "Crying for Joy" (Non-album track) | 11 | — | Reminiscing with Dinah Shore (10" LP) | |
| "It Was Written in the Stars" b/w "My Guitar" | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Better Luck Next Time" b/w "Steppin' Out with My Baby" | — | — | ||
| "I'll Be Seeing You" b/w "I Get Along Without You Very Well" | — | — | Reminiscing with Dinah Shore (10" LP) | |
| "May I Still Hold You" b/w "Baby Don't Be Mad at Me" | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Just One of Those Things" b/w "Mad About the Boy" | — | — | S'Wonderful (10" LP) | |
| "S'Wonderful" b/w "Let's Do It" | — | — | ||
| "Easy to Love" b/w "Summertime" | — | — | ||
| "This Is The Moment" b/w "Love That Boy" | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Buttons and Bows" b/w "Daddy-O" (Non-album track) | 1 | — | Buttons and Bows | |
| "What Did I Do" b/w "The Matador" | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)" b/w "So Dear To My Heart" (Non-album track) | 9 | — | Lavender Blue | |
| 1949 | "Far Away Places" b/w Say It Every Day" (Non-album track) | 14 | — | Buttons and Bows |
| "Tara Talara Tala" b/w "A Rosewood Spinet" | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "So in Love" b/w "Always True to You in My Fashion" | 20 | — | Dinah Shore Sings Cole Porter and Richard Rodgers | |
| "Forever and Ever" b/w "I've Been Hit" (Non-album track) | 12 | — | Lavender Blue | |
| "Story of My Life" b/w "Having a Wonderful Time" | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "A Wonderful Guy" b/w "Younger Than Springtime" | 22 | — | Dinah Shore Sings Cole Porter and Richard Rodgers | |
| "Baby, It's Cold Outside" b/w "My One and Only Highland Fling" Both sides with Buddy Clark | 4 | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair" b/w "Kiss Me Sweet" (Non-album track) | — | — | Dinah Shore Sings Cole Porter and Richard Rodgers | |
| "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" b/w "Speak A Word Of Love" (Non-album track) | 2 | — | Buttons and Bows | |
| 1950 | "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" b/w "Happy Times" | 25 | — | Non-album tracks |
| "It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House" b/w "More Than Anything Else In the World" (Non-album track) | 20 | — | Buttons and Bows | |
| "Can Anyone Explain? (No! No! No!)" b/w "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (fromLove Songs Sung By Dinah Shore) | 29 | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "My Heart Cries for You" | 3 | — | ||
| "Nobody's Chasing Me" | 18 | — | ||
| "Marrying For Love" (with Paul Lucas) b/w "The Best Thing For You" | — | — | Call Me Madam original show album | |
| 1951 | "Wait For Me" b/w "Down In Nashville, Tennessee" | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| "A Penny a Kiss" (with Tony Martin) | 8 | — | ||
| "In Your Arms" (with Tony Martin) | 24 | — | ||
| "I'm Through with Love" b/w "Makin' Whoopee" | — | — | ||
| "Orchids In the Moonlight" b/w "Around the Corner" | — | — | ||
| "I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" b/w "My Isle Of Golden Dreams" | — | — | ||
| "Lonesome Gal" b/w "Too Late Now" (fromI'm Your Girl) | — | — | Bouquet of Blues | |
| "You're Just in Love" B-side unknown | 29 | — | Call Me Madam original show album | |
| "The Three Cornered Tune" b/w "'Cause I Love You" (Non-album track) | — | — | I'm Your Girl | |
| "Sweet Violets" b/w "If You Turn Me Down" (Non-album track) | 3 | — | The Best of Dinah Shore | |
| "Ten Thousand Miles" b/w "How Many Times" (Non-album track) | — | — | I'm Your Girl | |
| "The Musicians" b/w "How D'Ye Do and Shake Hands" Both sides with Tony Martin, Betty Hutton & Phil Harris | 18 | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "It's All In the Game" b/w "Stay Awhile" (Non-album track) | — | — | I'm Your Girl | |
| "Manhattan" (with Tony Martin) | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Getting to Know You" b/w "The End of a Love Affair" (fromI'm Your Girl) | — | — | ||
| "The Lie-De-Lie Song" b/w "Oh, How I Needed You Joe" | — | — | ||
| "If You Catch a Little Cold" b/w "Manhattan" Both sides with Tony Martin | — | — | ||
| 1952 | "Saturday Night at Punkin Crick" b/w "Life Is a Beautiful Thing" | — | — | Aaron Slick From Punkin Crick (10" LP) |
| "Until" b/w "Take Me Home" | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Double Shuffle" b/w "Senator From Tennessee" Both sides with Tex Williams | — | — | ||
| "Delicado" b/w "The World Has a Promise" | 28 | — | ||
| "Blues In Advance" b/w "Bella Musica" (Non-album track) | 20 | — | I'm Your Girl | |
| "Keep It a Secret" b/w "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| 1953 | "Salomee (With Her Seven Veils)" b/w "Let Me Know" | 22 | — | |
| "Sweet Thing" b/w "Why Come Crying to Me" | 27 | — | ||
| "Blue Canary" b/w "Eternally" (fromI'm Your Girl) | 11 | — | The Best of Dinah Shore | |
| 1954 | "Changing Partners" b/w "Think" | 12 | — | Non-album tracks |
| "Pass The Jam, Sam" b/w "I'll Hate Myself In The Morning" | 28 | — | ||
| "Come Back to My Arms" b/w "This Must Be the Place" | — | — | ||
| "If I Give My Heart to You" b/w "Tempting" | 28 | — | ||
| "Never Underestimate" b/w "I Have to Tell You" | — | — | ||
| "Melody of Love" b/w "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" Both sides with Tony Martin | — | — | ||
| 1955 | "Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)" b/w "Church Twice On Sunday" | 12 | — | |
| "Love and Marriage" b/w "Compare" | 20 | — | ||
| 1956 | "Stolen Love" b/w "That's All There Is to That" | 73 | — | |
| "I Could Have Danced All Night" b/w "What a Heavenly Night For Love" | 93 | — | ||
| 1957 | "Chantez-Chantez" b/w "Honky Tonk Heart" | 19 | — | The Best of Dinah Shore |
| "The Cattle Call" b/w "Promises Promises" | 92 | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Fascination" b/w "Till" | 15 | — | ||
| "I'll Never Say Never Again Again" b/w "The Kiss That Rocked the World" (Non-album track) | 24 | — | Vivacious | |
| 1958 | "Thirteen Men" b/w "I've Never Left Your Arms" | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| "The Secret of Happiness" b/w "It's the Second Time You Meet That Matters" | — | — | ||
| "Scene of the Crime" b/w "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" | — | — | ||
| 1960 | "When The Sparrows Learn to Fly" b/w "So Many Things to Do Today" | — | — | |
| "I Ain't Down Yet" b/w "I Gotta Love You" (Non-album track) | 103 | — | The Fabulous Hits of Dinah Shore | |
| 1961 | "This Is a Changing World" b/w "Mississippi Mud" (fromDinah, Down Home) | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| 1962 | "That'll Show Him!" b/w "Just a Brief Encounter" | — | — | |
| 1969 | "Crying Time" b/w "Rocky Top" | — | — | Country Feelin' |
| 1974 | "Me and Ole Crazy Bill" b/w "Wait a Little Longer" | — | — | Non-album tracks |
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| Year | Program | Episode/source |
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| 1939 | Ben Bernie's Orchestra | |
| 1939–40 | The Dinah Shore Show | |
| 1940 | The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street | |
| 1940 | The Revuers | [15] |
| 1940–42 | Time to Smile | [8][15] |
| 1941–42 | Songs by Dinah Shore | |
| 1942–43 | In Person, Dinah Shore | |
| 1943–46 | The Bird's Eye Open House | |
| 1943 | Paul Whiteman Presents | |
| 1945 | Screen Guild Players | Belle of the Yukon[36] |
| 1946–47 | The Ford Show | |
| 1948 | Call for Music | |
| 1952 | Suspense | Episode: "Frankie and Johnny"[16] |
| 1953–55 | The Dinah Shore Show |
Colin and Alma Powell are with Academy of Achievement's Awards Council members Chuck Yeager, famed test pilot and member of the Aviation Hall of Fame, and Dinah Shore, singer and actress who was an inductee of the Television Hall of Fame. They are at a luncheon and symposium aboard the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier during the 1989 American Academy of Achievement Summit program in San Francisco, California. (Photo: Stanley Zax)
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