found: Rodgers, R. Oklahoma! [SR] 1956: label (Kaye Ballard)
found: Variety's ww in show business, 1989 (Ballard, Kaye (Catherine Gloria Balota [sic]); b. Nov. 20, 1926, Cleveland, OH; actress, singer)
found: Ballard, Kaye. How I lost 10 pounds in 53 years, 2006: t.p. (Kaye Ballard) p. 7-8 (Catherine Gloria Balotta, actually born Nov. 20, 1925 in Cleveland Ohio, although 1926 is often given in biographies as her birth year) p. 24 (Kay Ballad, original professional name used in 1943; everyone called her "Ballard", so she went along with them, while also adding an "e" to the end of "Kaye")
Ballard, Kaye
