Kathy Young (born October 21, 1945) is an American
doo wop singer, known as "The Cinderella of Show Business." At age fourteen, Young was signed to Indigo Records, and recorded the definitive version of the ballad "
A Thousand Stars", which reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960. For most of her career, including her famous single,
The Innocents served as her backing vocalists. On Monogram Records, she recorded a series of duets with
Chris Montez – a pairing known as
Chris & Kathy – among them
surf rock classic "
Shoot That Curl". Bor…
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