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SHAY, Dorothy

(b Dorothy Sims, 1921, Jacksonville FL; d 22 October 1978) Singer popular in '40s cabaret with gimmick of singing hillbilly songs in that sophisticated setting as 'the Park Avenue Hillbilly'. She recorded for Columbia. 'Feudin' And Fightin'' was a hit '47 (from the musical revue Laffing Room Only). She appeared in an Abbott & Costello film, Comin' Round The Mountain '51.