Dolly Dawn (born Theresa Anna Maria Stabile; February 3, 1916 – December 11, 2002)[1][2] was an American big band singer.
In 1935 she replaced Loretta Lee as vocalist with George Hall's orchestra; she was given the name Dolly Dawn by Harriet Mencken, a writer for the New York Journal-American.
She and the band broadcast six days a week from the Grill Room of the Taft Hotel in New York via CBS Radio, and became very popular.
On February 4, 1998, Dolly Dawn was inducted into the Big Band Hall of Fame in West Palm Beach, Florida.
She died on December 11 2002, aged 86, from kidney failure at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey.