Frances Rose Shore (Feb. 29, 1916-Feb.24, 1994) was first heard on Nashville's WSM. She caught the attention of disc jockey Martin Block who later, featured her on his popular show “Make Believe Ballroom” on WNEW New York. It was Block who made her change her name to Dinah Shore. In 1940, she became a solo singer on the NBC’s “Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street” program. In 1941, she began to appear every week on the Eddie Cantor's comedy show. Shore’s career bloomed during the war years with countless appearances on the Armed Forces Radio's live shows "Command Performance,” and in a great part because of her 1943 own half-hour show “Call for Music.” In the following years, Dinah Shore recorded several best-selling records and her spectacular success would ultimately last for 53 years. Dinah Shore died in Beverly Hills, California of ovarian cancer at age 78.