Monica Lewis sounds her 'Siren'

She was discovered by Benny Goodman and romanced by Kirk Douglas and Ronald Reagan. The singer's autobiography is 'Hollywood Through My Eyes: The Lives & Loves of a Golden Age Siren.'During her heyday in the 1940s and '50s, dimple-cheeked Monica Lewis was known as "America's Singing Sweetheart": She warbled such chart-topping hits as "Autumn Leaves, "I Wish You Love" and "Put the Blame on Mame" and starred on the radio on such programs as "Beat the Band" and "The Chesterfield Hour: Music That Sa...

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