Carolyn Stern (born December 26, 1939), better known by her stage name Cathy Carroll, is an American pop singer. She first recorded for the Triodex label in 1961, with members of the Earls and the 4 Evers singing backing vocals. Her single "Jimmy Love" reached #11 on the WLS Chicago survey and was a Top 10 hit in several cities. She later recorded "Poor Little Puppet" at

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, which became her only

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entry, peaking at No. 91. She also recorded a cover of

Johnnie Ray John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blu ...

's "Cry", and cut further recordings in the early 1960s for the Philips, Cheer, Musicor, and Dot labels. Her recordings included an answer version to

Brian Hyland Brian Hyland (born November 12, 1943) is an American pop singer and instrumentalist who was particularly successful during the early 1960s. He had a No. 1 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with " Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot B ...

's "

Ginny Come Lately "Ginny Come Lately" is a song written by Peter Udell and Gary Geld and performed by Brian Hyland. In 1962, the track reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart and #21 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It was featured on his 1962 album, ''Sealed with a Ki ...

", and a version of

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's UK number one " The Young Ones".''Billboard'', 3 Mar. 1962. Carroll was portrayed as the "typical American girl" and went on a sponsored tour of 100 radio stations. In 1967 she married Bob Halley, who wrote and produced the songs for her Dot and Rotate Records releases, as well as inking the orchestrations. She retired from music in the 1970s to raise her two children, a son (Ronald Scott) born in 1968 and a daughter (Jennifer) born in 1976. In the 2000s, the Cheer label issued a 24-track CD of her complete works.

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