Biography:
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".
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Other songs:
Happy Birthday Blues:Kathy Young (And The
Innocents.)
#30 on BB Hot 100 on INDIGO Records in
1961.
INTRO:
C F C
There she sits all alone, her tear begins to shed.
Em F G C
A written letter in her hand, this is how it read.
.......G F G C.......
#1.
G C Am7 C
Turned sixteen just yesterday......all my world was
F
bright and gay.
Dm7 F G
Thought for sure you'd write or call, but you didn't,
C
after all..got the Happy Birthday Blues.
F C G Em G C
(Happy Birthday blues.)
#2.
G C Am7 C F
Maybe you had lots to do, or you found somebody new.
F G
How I pray you'll hear my plea..I'm as lonely as can
C
be, got the Happy Birthday Blues.
F C C7
(Happy Birthday blues.)
BRIDGE:
F C
I planned just how this day would be for such a long,
long time.
F C Am7
You'd wish me Happy Birthday, while I held your hand in
G
mine.
F C
I'd blow out all the candles, while I wished that you
Am7 D G
and I, would be together, evermore, until the day we die.
#3.
G C Am7 F
As I sit here in the gloom, of my cold and lonely room.
F G F
How my heart is filled with fears, and my eyes are filled
G C
with tears..got the Happy Birthday Blues.
OUTRO:
C B C
Happy Birthday blues..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
Innocents.)
#30 on BB Hot 100 on INDIGO Records in
1961.
INTRO:
C F C
There she sits all alone, her tear begins to shed.
Em F G C
A written letter in her hand, this is how it read.
.......G F G C.......
#1.
G C Am7 C
Turned sixteen just yesterday......all my world was
F
bright and gay.
Dm7 F G
Thought for sure you'd write or call, but you didn't,
C
after all..got the Happy Birthday Blues.
F C G Em G C
(Happy Birthday blues.)
#2.
G C Am7 C F
Maybe you had lots to do, or you found somebody new.
F G
How I pray you'll hear my plea..I'm as lonely as can
C
be, got the Happy Birthday Blues.
F C C7
(Happy Birthday blues.)
BRIDGE:
F C
I planned just how this day would be for such a long,
long time.
F C Am7
You'd wish me Happy Birthday, while I held your hand in
G
mine.
F C
I'd blow out all the candles, while I wished that you
Am7 D G
and I, would be together, evermore, until the day we die.
#3.
G C Am7 F
As I sit here in the gloom, of my cold and lonely room.
F G F
How my heart is filled with fears, and my eyes are filled
G C
with tears..got the Happy Birthday Blues.
OUTRO:
C B C
Happy Birthday blues..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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