Evening star., 1955-06-05

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time and effort.
They have also recently
started their own recording
company, the Audiovox Re-
cording Company. with the
studios set UP in their new
house.
Dorothy explained that her
husband is an ardent amateur
photographer. SO there Is a
complete and elaborate dark
room in the house.
Actually Raymond is most
interested in anything that
has to do with sound" she
said, land he does an enor-
nous amount Of composing
and arranging, so there is also
a composing room and an elec-
tronic lab where he works on
his inventions.
Believes in Destiny
Scott recently invented q
seven track multi channel
tape recorder for the new
record company, Of which
Dorothy Is the singing star.
Already the company has a hit
record, "That's All I Need"
Dorothy Collins, whose name
was Marjorie Chandler, is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. sgd
ney Chandler, Of Ridgefield.
N. j. She has one sister, whose
real name is Dorothy. now
Mrs. Reginald Swift. of Tena-
fly, N. j., and one brother.
Bob, serving in the Army.
Miss Collins believes in des-
tiny, as we'll she might.
She was born and raised in
Canada, where she did some
/ singing. When visiting a
| friend in Chicago one summer.
the friend suggested that she
addition for a bandleader
named Raymond Scott.
He listened to Dorothy sing
and told her that she had
something" but needed study
and training. He also told her
If she wanted to come to Chi
cago, he would help her.
Dorothy and her mother
made the move to Chicago.
and she studied with Raymond
Scott, at the same time, sing
ing in a quintet with his band.
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Sometime after this, Scott's
brother, Mark Warnow, the
orchestra leader on the radio
Hit Parade" died suddenly
and Raymond Scott was asked
to take over the program. This
meant that the orchestra in
Chicago was disbanded and
Dorothy was out of q job.
It was not long. however,
before Raymond Scott ar
ranged for her to take an
addition to sing a new cigar
cite commercial which he had
written and in less time than
it takes to tie a little black
bow at the neck of a white
blouse, she had a new job.
She was hired to sing the
commercial on the radio Hit
Parade" and on two televi-
sion shows, Clifton Fadiman's
This Is Show Business" and
Robert Montgomery Pre-
sents."
When the Hit Parade"
moved to television. Dorothy
sang the commercial also on
that medium, and was prom
ised a chance to sing one song
a week on the show.
Meanwhile, her entire fami-
ly, deciding that Dorothy was
going to stay awhile in the
States, moved from Canada
and her father opened a hard
ware store in northern New
Jersey.
Dorothy is now one of the
stars of the Hit Parade" and
on July Z, 1852, she and the
head man Of the show were
married
Dorothy said her mother is
her severest critic. always has
been.
She said her mother grants
her a modified amount Of
credit for talent. and work and
study, but like Dorothy, she
also believes in destiny.
A doting husband, a beauti-
full baby, a 30-room house on
Long Island. a successful tele-
vision show, do represent some
thing of an ultimate In
achievement.
Small wonder that Dorothy
Collins and her mother hope
that destiny holds to a true