The distinctively deep, rich & smooth voice of Rosemary Clooney earned her recognition as one of America's premiere pop & jazz singers. She began at age 13.

Holiday Extravaganza Feature:  White Christmas  1954

At just 2-years-old, Judy Garland was drafted into the dance act entitled “The Gumm Sisters,” with her two older sisters. Her voice got her into film acting when she was 13.

Holiday Extravaganza Feature:  Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas  1944

Born 1924 as Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff  (Doris Day)

Doris Day's popularity as a radio performer and vocalist in the 1940’s led directly to a career in films in the 1950’s & 60’s.

Holiday Extravaganza Feature:  The Christmas Song  1946

One of the best-known female artists in traditional pop music, Page was the best-selling female artist of the 1950s, and has sold over 100 million records to date. Page's signature song, Tennessee Waltz, recorded in 1950, was one of the biggest-selling singles of the twentieth century, and is also one of the two official state songs of Tennessee.

Holiday Extravaganza Feature:  Boogie Woogie Santa Claus  1950

An American actress, singer, and cabaret star, Kitt is known for her role as Catwoman in the 1960s TV series Batman, and for her 1953 Christmas song Santa Baby.  Orson Welles once called her "the most exciting woman in the world."

Holiday Extravaganza Feature:  Santa Baby  1953

Etta James, an American blues, soul, R&B, and jazz singer and songwriter, had her biggest success as a Blues and R&B singer. She is best known for her 1961 ballad At Last, which has been classified as a "timeless classic.”

Holiday Extravaganza Feature:  Merry Christmas, Baby  1998 (released at age 60!)

An American country-pop singer, Lee was popular during the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1960s she had more charted hits than any other woman, and only three male singers/groups (Elvis Presley, Ray Charles and The Beatles) outpaced her.

Holiday Extravaganza Feature:  Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree  1958