Jill Corey

1950s American Pop Singer

Jill Corey (born September 30, 1935 in Avonmore, Pennsylvania and died April 3, 2021 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American traditional pop singer. She worked on television in New York with Dave Garroway, Robert Q. Lewis, and Ed Sullivan. In 1956 she became a regular on Johnny Carson's CBS-network comedy-variety show from California. In addition, she had her own syndicated radio and television shows, and became the last featured singer on Your Hit Parade. In 1959 she starred in a feature-length musical film for Columbia Pictures, Senior Prom (co-produced by Moe Howard of The Three Stooges).