Jill Corey, 85, Coal Miner's Daughter Turned Singing Sensation, Dies
Jill Corey, 85, Coal Minerâs Daughter Turned Singing Sensation, Dies The subject of a Life magazine cover story, she found early fame as a star of â50s era television and drew comparisons to Judy Garland. After she broke into the music business through an unlikely series of events, Life magazine chronicled Jill Corey’s auditions, her leaving her hometown and her first night on television.Credit...Gordon Parks/The LIFE Premium Collection, via Getty Images April 29, 2021 Jill Corey, a torch singer who soared to fame as a teenage television star in the early 1950s, at one point becom...
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