She and Frank Sinatra were both victimized by Mitch Miller at Columbia Records, who was always forcing them to do novelty records.
I do love “This Ole House”, though. Great arrangement with that harpsichord! That woman had pipes.
The male voice on This Ole House was Thurl Ravenscroft, who became the voice of Tony the Tiger, the cartoon character who promoted Kellogg's breakfast cereals on TV. He wound up living in the same retirement facility in Fullerton where my mother lived. He carried around a keychain that featured a little tiger. He finally met the saints a few years before my mother did.