Career
Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, Anne Lloyd"s family relocated to Great Cove during the Great Depression. She also was a featured singer with touring big bands, but as this end of the music business began to fade with the end of World World War II, Lloyd sought other opportunities. She found it in 1948 as a staff singer with Arthur Shimkin"s Golden Records label, which was established in 1948.
Lloyd was one of the most prolific singers on the label and was often also featured as part of The Sandpipers, a Mitch Miller-led group that made many records for Golden.
Although Lloyd continued to sing after she left Golden Records in the mid-1950s, she did not record after that and considered herself semi-retired. Lloyd also recorded for Bell Records.
Anne Lloyd made more than a hundred records for Golden, many of which appeared on its 6-inch subsidiary, Little Golden Records. These discs were an integral part of the life soundtrack of millions of American children during the Eisenhower era.
While many celebrity voices were featured on Golden Records, several of the records made by Anne Lloyd may be considered among the most memorable.
