Kathy Young is an American musician; she was a teen pop singer during the early 1960s, whose rendition of "A Thousand Stars", at age 15, rose to No. 3 on Billboard Hot 100. A native of Southern California, Young was born in the Orange County seat, Santa Ana. Kathy rose to stardom in 1960, when producer, Jim Lee, of Indigo Records chose Sun Valley-based band, The Innocents to sing backup vocals for her on a cover version of The Rivileers' 1954 recording of "A Thousand Stars". Two years earlier, Lee organized The Innocents, arranging their appearance on Wink Martindale's pop music TV show. In December 1960, two months after her 15th birthday, Kathy Young and The Innocents peaked at No. 6 on the R&B Singles chart, and at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Young's follow-up, "Happy Birthday Blues", peaked at No. 30 on the Hot 100 in 1961. Subsequent singles, such as "Magic Is the Night" and "The Great Pretender", failed to chart in the Top 40. In July 1961, Young appeared on DJ Alan Freed's highly publicized American road show. In 1962 she followed Jim Lee to Monogram Records, recording solo and with Chicano rock singer Chris Montez. 

October 21st, 1945 in Santa Ana (Age 79)