Background
Kathleen McCord was born on February 18, 1952 under the sign of Aquarius to Bill and Ann McCord.
Kathleen McCord was born on February 18, 1952 under the sign of Aquarius to Bill and Ann McCord.
Kathy attended school at Sacred Heart School and Woodlands High School in New York, showing interest for painting, poetry and singing.
Both of them were in show business: Bill was a radio and television announcer at National Broadcasting Company, whilst Ann was a singer who sang backup on Perry Como"s television show and hit records like "Catch a Falling Star", "Round and Round" and "Magic Moments". Before she was ten, she was already winning talent shows. Her influences were Motown soul artists, Dusty Springfield, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell and Aretha Franklin, among the others
Taylor wrote two songs for her, "I"ll Give My Heart to You" and "I"ll Never Be Alone Again", originally issued on the Rainy Day label.
However, the sales were poor and nothing came of lieutenant A year later, manager Murri Barber, impressed by McCord"s singing and writing, suggested they should bring her to producer Creed Taylor, who was starting CTI Records at the time.
He finally chose her as his first artist, leading to the first CTI album, Kathy McCord (CTI 1001), and the single "Take Away This Pain" (CTI 502). Eventually, business difficulties arose between Taylor and the McCords, and a few months later, Billy Vera"s former manager, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Schwartz, introduced her to singer Austin Grasmere: the two made some demos together, but nothing came of lieutenant
Thanks to promoter Michael Language, she managed to record sixteen tracks in Woodstock, New York, which were not released back then, but that have been recently brought back to light and issued on the collection New Jersey to Woodstock.
By the late 1970s, she had moved to Atlanta, Georgia where, with singer Diane Scanlon, recorded some more demos, then moved back to Hartsdale to join a local cover band. Following a decade marked by disappointments and a few collaborations, she moved to Florida in 1987, "sick of banging her head against the wall", and retired from the music world. "lieutenant was a great fun, a grand journey", she recalls, "but I just got tired." In more recent times, she has returned to painting.
She died of cancer on October 28, 2015, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.