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Dolly, One of the few singers around who can immediately be identified by one name - and the audience treated her like she was family
Dolly, One of the few singers around who can immediately be identified by one name - and the audience treated her like she was family

Dolly, One of the few singers around who can immediately be identified by one name - and the audience treated her like she was family

Date8/11/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Dolly, One of the few singers around who can immediately be identified by one name - and the audience treated her like she was family.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0072650F
One of the wittiest singers around, sayt The Star's Urjo Kareda of singer Cleo Laine, who last night bewitched a Convocation Hall audience in Toronto debut concert
One of the wittiest singers around, sayt The Star's Urjo Kareda of singer Cleo Laine, who last night bewitched a Convocation Hall audience in Toronto debut concert
10/23/1974
Tony likes Juliette's cooking. Juliette, one of the CBC's most listened to singers, has been singing professionally since she was 13. She got her star(...)
Tony likes Juliette's cooking. Juliette, one of the CBC's most listened to singers, has been singing professionally since she was 13. She got her star(...)
6/7/1968
Opera stars: Singers Joan Sutherland, left, and Tatiana Troyanos (in Bellini's Norma) delight countless audiences - but very few people hear more than single words of the libretto
Opera stars: Singers Joan Sutherland, left, and Tatiana Troyanos (in Bellini's Norma) delight countless audiences - but very few people hear more than single words of the libretto
4/28/1981
Gerry Marsden, lead singer of Gerry and the Pacemakers, was one of the British singers who brought back memories of the early '60s at the Gardens last night
Gerry Marsden, lead singer of Gerry and the Pacemakers, was one of the British singers who brought back memories of the early '60s at the Gardens last night
6/28/1973
Sylvia Tyson, one of Canada's best-known singers, is creative cook who refuses to be hemmed in by set recipes
Sylvia Tyson, one of Canada's best-known singers, is creative cook who refuses to be hemmed in by set recipes
10/16/1975
Playing the crowd: Paul Young has charisma, but the audience seems more aware of it than he is, says reviewer Stephen Ostick of the singer's concert at Maple Leaf Gardens last night
Playing the crowd: Paul Young has charisma, but the audience seems more aware of it than he is, says reviewer Stephen Ostick of the singer's concert at Maple Leaf Gardens last night
10/21/1985
Cheryl wins dream and she and her mother, Mary, view a picture of Johnny Cash after learning they'll be flown to the singer's next concert. Mrs. Fonta(...)
Cheryl wins dream and she and her mother, Mary, view a picture of Johnny Cash after learning they'll be flown to the singer's next concert. Mrs. Fonta(...)
9/9/1976
Though she denies she seeks vindication, a little mischief in the eyes of singer-composer Judith Lander suggests she'd like to be the one who laughs last
Though she denies she seeks vindication, a little mischief in the eyes of singer-composer Judith Lander suggests she'd like to be the one who laughs last
3/7/1978
Pay too high, Dolly Parton was paid $350,000 a week by the Riviera in Las Vegas last year but few hotels can afford that kind of money these days
Pay too high, Dolly Parton was paid $350,000 a week by the Riviera in Las Vegas last year but few hotels can afford that kind of money these days
8/25/1978
A devoted audience of one. Christine Okabe, 2, listens raptly as a musician who would give his name only as John plays classical music on his electric(...)
A devoted audience of one. Christine Okabe, 2, listens raptly as a musician who would give his name only as John plays classical music on his electric(...)
10/22/1985
Chrissie Hynde: One of the most famous singers of the new rock, the 30-year-old star of the Pretenders talked candidly with Peter Goddard on a rare day off yesterday
Chrissie Hynde: One of the most famous singers of the new rock, the 30-year-old star of the Pretenders talked candidly with Peter Goddard on a rare day off yesterday
2/8/1982
10,000 fans of Stompin Tom Connors packed the Forum at Ontario Place last night for one of the singer's ritualistic hootin' and hollerin' concerts, an(...)
10,000 fans of Stompin Tom Connors packed the Forum at Ontario Place last night for one of the singer's ritualistic hootin' and hollerin' concerts, an(...)
8/4/1974