Dorothy Lamour Music

Origin: New Orleans, Lousiana

Decades: 1930's, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, and 1980's

Singer and actress noted for the sarong she donned in many of her films. She has performed with such legends as Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton, Dorothy Lamour was crowned Miss New Orleans in 1930. Her father was a waiter and her mother was a waitress. Soon after Dorothy Lamour was born her parents divorced. She never finished high school, forging her mother's name on a permission slip to drop out. Later, Dorothy Lamour went to secretarial school where she became an excellent typis... Read More