Vikki Carr emerged at an unlikely time in pop music. A torchy, big-voiced singer who can belt out a ballad or swing with a ferocious sense of rhythm, she became a star in the mid 1960s. She is a ...

Vikki Carr rose to fame in the 1960s on a wave of enormously successful easy-listening pop albums. But Carr's exceptional vocal talents and artistry were far too big to be boxed-in to any single genre ...