Katherine Kentwood

Katherine Kentwood (July 6, 1920 - November 19, 2006) was Destiny's Mother, and she was a famous singer, who did vocal jazz and she was an soul and r&b singer, where she performed at many clubs around the early 50s. She recorded many albums during her career. In 2013, She was posthumously inducted to the Rock-n-Roll Hall Of Fame in New Kelp City.
== Early Life ==
Katherine Atney was born in July 6, 1920 in Haywood Pines, Florido to an Mother, Maria Atney (1900-1978), an protégée of Ann Fishman, and an Father, Joesph Atney (1892 - 1951), an Choreographer. Her parents relocated to Far-Out-Ville when she was two after her mother gave birth to her younger sister. She was the middle of 6 children. Her parents moved to Far-Out-Ville's Fishner Housing Projects in the south side in 1933 after a long time living on the west side, where they had the rest of their children. She began taking dance and vocal lessons in Downtown Far-Out-Ville. She attended Southwestern Academy in Far-Out-Ville, where she entered a singing performance on stage where her music teacher taught her how to sing, and she won the contest. She graduated in 1938, and she was in a 3 year stint with her own jazz band, Katherine & Her Orchestra, which disbanded in 1941. After it disbanded, she relocated her belongings to Detroit, and moved into an apartment. 
== Career/Personal Life ==
In 1941, She had an interest in the jazz genre, and she performed in numerous clubs in the northern Pacific Ocean. She began a relationship with a minister named Dylan, and gave birth to their daughter, Destiny, in 1944. She was discovered by George Miller, a record label executive that used to be an Cadillac Dealer at a dealership on the East Side. He was impressed and he signed her to Miller Records after seeing her perform at the Vernice Auditorium downtown. She released her debut self titled-album in 1945, which was an hit in her hometown, with the blues and vocal jazz genres. In 1945, She purchased an apartment in New Kelp City and had her parents take care of her daughter for an short period after her album was an hit in her hometown, and in the same year while performing in New Kelp City, She had an accident at the theatre, where 4 people were killed in a shooting, so she dedicated a concert to them while performing at a Sandyville Nightclub. She later married the father of her two daughters, Dylan Kentwood, a minister at the Grace Baptist Church on the city's west side. In 1946, She recorded her next album at her new studio that George built for her in New Kelp City, and had some sessions at his studio. Katherine & Dylan divorced, but they remarried in a private ceremony in Kelpywood, and went to Florido for their honeymoon. In the same year, She moved out of her apartment and moved to the Lakewood Park area of Detroit, which is east of the city near the riverfront. She also gave birth to her second daughter, Mildred, on September 25, 1946. In the same year, she began recording her next album, Paradise Of My Melodies. She released the album in Spring 1947, which sold 100,000 records in its first week. In 1949, She released her third album, Back Again, and the album sold a million at the end of the year. In 1948, While leaving the studio, she found out her car had been stolen, and she immediately called the police to investigate, and two men were arrested. In the same year, she began touring with jazz artists. In 1950, She released her album Sweetest Love, and the album sold 500,000 copies. In 1951, her father died with complications with heart disease, and was buried in Far-Out-Ville. Katherine released an greatest hits album in 1952, and then she got to work on her next album, An Love Story. It was released in Summer 1954, and it sold 400,000 copies as of 1955. Before, In June 1957, she was pregnant with another child, and she gave birth to Priscilla Kentwood on March 25, 1958. She later went on welfare, and she was thinking about quitting music to raise her children, but instead she continued working at the studio and quit welfare later on, recording more singles and albums. She released her album, Stuck In The Fire in 1960, and it was certified gold 7 months later. She took a hiatus from the music so she could raise her children, and she took an 3 year hiatus. But, she still continued to make music when she started recording her next album. But, things with her husband went south when they had multiple arguments, but she could still continue to raise her children. In 1963, She released her album, Came Back For Love. In 1966, She released her live album, which was filmed at the Cherry Hill Casino in Jersey Reserve. In 1968, She released her eighth album, The Next Move. But, then her husband kicked her out, and also refused to see their daughters again, after they got into an heated argument where he threw a lamp at her, but missed the aim but he beaten her, and then he was arrested for domestic violence after an neighbor called the police, and he was given an 2 year sentence for domestic violence and also possession of a pistol that he also shot her, but survived the gunshot, and then they divorced while he was in jail in 1969. She later moved to Miami to get away from him, and her daughters never seen him again. Her daughters settled in the Bikini Bottom area, while she settled in Florido City and bought a house there. She still had her studio back then, but sold it and left her contract with Miller Records, and signed a new one with Pacific Ocean Recording Company. In 1969, She made an return with the album, Always Say Always. She also continued touring around the world with other artists as well. She continued recording and she released two albums in 1970 and 1972, but in 1978, her mother passed from cancer, and was buried in Bikini Bottom. She released her next album in 1974, Love Makes You Do Things. Her daughters also made music careers as well. Destiny became a member of the famous girl group The Jewels and Millie became a singer at 20 when she joined her sister, replacing original member Jeannette. Priscilla began an career in acting instead of pursuing a career in music. Katherine issued an compilation album in 1990, and she released two albums in 1976 and 1979, and she moved to Bikini Bottom to be closer to her daughters. Her final album she recorded during her lifetime released on 1984. She later retired from the studio, but continued performing professionally. 
== Illness & Death ==
Katherine complained about being ill in 2004 after suffering a stroke, where she was diagnosed with lung cancer. She had been an vegetarian for over 40 years, but she never smoked or drinked, but it was reported in the Bikini Bottom Times that she was an alcoholic beginning in 1956, and ended in 1972 after going to rehab, and she suffered drug abuse, also what the times said. She publicly criticized the times for writing that she did drugs or drank alcohol. She was inhaling substances from a house fire near her home, and she under went unsuccessful surgeries between the years 2004 and 2007 multiple times, but she was lying on her deathbed in her Shelly Hills Home in the years 2004-2005, and she was taken care by her two daughters. Her daughters sent her to the St. Patricia Cheshire Hospital. Her final performance was on October 1, 2005, where she performed at a concert at the Melodyville Amphitheater in Kelpy Bottom, Coralina. She succumbed (which means died from it) on November 19, 2006 at the age of 86 due to complications with lung cancer. An memorial and viewing was held at the St. Patricia Funeral Home, and then her funeral was held at the Bikini Bottom Papal States Church in a open blue casket and in a gold gown that she wore in one of her performances in the 1950s, and she was interred in a family crypt at the Forest Lawn Cemetery - Kelpywood Hills, and she is buried next to her mother, but her father was buried at a cemetery in Far-Out-Ville. Her siblings are buried in numerous cemeteries in the Bikini Bottom area. 
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