Kathie Kay

{{Short description|English singer (1918–2005)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Kathie Kay | image = | birth_name = Kathleen Thornhill | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1918|11|20}} | birth_place = [[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough]], Lincolnshire, England | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2005|03|09|1918|11|18}} | death_place = [[Largs]], [[Ayrshire]], Scotland | resting_place = | employer = | occupation = Singer }} '''Kathie Kay''' (born '''Kathleen Thornhill'''; 20 November 1918 – 9 March 2005)<ref name="Dead"/> was a singer from [[Lincolnshire]], known for her radio and television appearances in the ''[[Billy Cotton Band Show]]'' during the 1950s and 1960s.<ref name="Obit"/> Her best known recordings are "We Will Make Love" and "[[A House with Love in It|A House With Love in It]]".<ref name="Dead"/>

==Biography== Kathie Kay was born '''Kathleen Thornhill''' in [[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough]], [[Lincolnshire]].<ref name="Obit"/> She began her career as a toddler with the famous Corona Babes Stage School as '''Connie Wood''', then moved on to appear with [[Hughie Green]] as head girl in his gang show; he was later best man at her wedding. She was spotted by [[Billy Cotton]], and first performed with him on radio in 1949, making the move to television and remaining until the show ended in 1968.<ref name="Obit">{{cite news |title= Kathie Kay: Ebullient Scottish singer and television star|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article425460.ece |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=12 March 2005 |accessdate=7 February 2011}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> She also worked with [[Harry Lauder]] and [[George Formby]].<ref name="Dead">[http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2005.html Thedeadrockstarsclub.com] – accessed February 2011</ref> For many years she presented her own programme on [[Scottish Television]], where she was dubbed 'the Fireside Girl'.<ref name="Obit"/> She was married to the Scottish impresario Archie McCulloch, who died in September 1997.

She died from [[Alzheimer's disease]], in [[Largs]], Scotland, at the age of 86, and was survived by three sons: Stewart McCulloch OBE, Donald McCulloch and Ken McCulloch.<ref name="Dead"/>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1595018}}

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