One of the superstars of the 1940s, Dinah Shore was indelibly associated with
the big band era while also making her mark in Hollywood in various films and TV
shows. Yet she had to overcome adversity along the way, suffering from polio at
the age of two - resulting in a lifelong limp - and growing up in humble
circumstances in Winchester, Tennessee in a family of Russian Jewish
shopkeepers; as a child she would give impromptu performances for the customers
in the shop. After gaining a degree in sociology, she moved to Nashville to
pursue her singing dream and made her radio debut...