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  • Mar 4, 1926
    Frances Wolfe is born in The Bronx, New York. Known publicly as Fran Warren, she provides the lead vocals when Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra record the first hit version of "A Sunday Kind Of Love" in 1946. Reba McEntire has a country hit with the song in 1988
    Nov 11, 1946
    Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra record the first version of the Louis Prima-penned "A Sunday Kind Of Love," featuring vocalist Fran Warren. The song becomes a country hit for Reba McEntire in 1988
    Mar 4, 2013
    Big-band singer Fran Warren dies at her home in Brookfield, Connecticut. She was the lead vocalist when Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra recorded the first version of "Sunday Kind Of Love," which became a country hit when Reba McEntire released a new version in 1988

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