Judy Valentine

Judy Valentine (May 15, 1923 – August 26, 2022) was an American singer and children's television actress.

Life and career The daughter of Robert and Lena Baker, Judy began performing while still a teenager and a student at Lowell High School, singing professionally in local Boston-area nightclubs. At age 22, in 1945, Valentine married songwriter and disc-jockey Sherm Feller; she had been a performer on his radio program, and he subsequently assumed an active role in promoting her career. Their marriage ultimately ended in divorce, and Judy remarried, circa 1961. Her second husband, Leonard Berkal, died in 2010.

Valentine's recordings of the 1940s and 1950s, delivered in her characteristic childlike soprano, include "She Was Five and He Was Ten," "I'm a Little Teapot", and "Kiss Me Sweet".

Discography

Albums Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes – Judy Valentine and the Children's Singing Chorus (MGM CH 504, CHS 504)

Further listening