Pop Music
Kathy Young was only 15 years old when she had a hit in 1960/61 with a cover of the song “A Thousand Stars in the Sky.” She was backed by a Sun Valley, California group called The Innocents. It went to #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #6 on the R&B Chart. It’s a good song for slow dancing! “A Thousand Stars” was originally done in 1954 by The Rivileers. Young had another hit in 1961 with “Happy Birthday Blues.” Other singles did not chart. She tried recording solo, but eventually, married, raised a family, managed a family citrus ranch, and returned to music. She has performed a numerous rock shows over the last few years and was inducted into the Doo Wop Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Great dancing stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember listening to this on the jukebox (5cents) after school (SMOS-7th grade) at Geno’s on South 39th Street in STLMO while sharing an order of ff (15cents) and a coke (25cents) with Helen R. Years later (the 90’s?) I met Kathy Young & the Innocents when they played the Fabulous Fox Theater on one of those PBS Doo-Wop tours. The doo-wop era, probably one of the best chapters of my life!
Wonderful!
Kathy young was part of my life back in the sixties and still part of my life w great memories of an era that was so special and never again happen what a great song A THOSuSAND STARS thank you
Aww. Agreed.
Amazing & Eternal …