Summary
At the age of 8, Shirley Lerda was singing popular tunes in the bars and clubs owned by or connected to her father, "Daddy Howard" Ours of the North Side.
She made weekly appearances on KDKA-Radio's "Starlets on Parade," and as she grew older she recorded jingles for KDKA and sang with several big band groups.See the full content of this document
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Beechview Singer Spent Lifetime Entertaining Pittsburghers
At 16, while singing at The Grove in Castle Shannon, she met a young corporal who served in World War II and with whom she would s...
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