Editing Kathryn Grayson (section)

==Musical career==
Grayson trained from the age of twelve as an opera singer.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |title=Andy Hardy, Dr. Kildare Face Crises |last=Scheuer |first=Phillip K. |date=Feb 27, 1941 |page=12|id={{ProQuest|165066051}} }}</ref> While appearing in her film roles, Grayson also performed on the radio.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |title=Fidler in Hollywood |last=Fidler |first=Jamie |date=Jan 10, 1942 |page=7|id={{ProQuest|165307933}} }}</ref> Grayson performed on concert tours throughout the 1950s. In May 1951, Grayson had to postpone a concert tour due to being unknowingly cast in ''[[Lovely to Look At]]''. "My concert bookings were all set. So when I read in New York that I was to do this film, I said 'How silly!', then boom! The next day I got my studio telegram asking me to return for the picture!"<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |title=Drama |last=Hedda |first=Hopper |date=May 9, 1951 |page=B8}}</ref>

In 1952, Grayson was offered more than $10,000 to perform for a week at the Riviera night club in [[New Jersey]] before making ''The Desert Song''.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |title=Jane Greet Changing Type in "You For Me" |last=Hopper |first=Hedda |date=Mar 27, 1952 |page=A12}}</ref> After filming ''The Desert Song'', Grayson created a recording of the musical with [[Tony Martin (entertainer)|Tony Martin]].{{sfn|Parish|Pitts|2003|p=363}}

Grayson gave nightclub and concert tours in Australia a few times. On one of those trips to the Far East, Grayson also gave a concert in Manila, the Philippines, in 1969, where she performed at the New Frontier theater.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

Grayson supervised the Voice and Choral Studies Program at [[Idaho State University]].<ref>Idaho State University: [http://www.isu.edu/choir/vstudies.shtml The Kathryn Grayson Choral & Vocal Studies Program] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527194219/http://www.isu.edu/choir/vstudies.shtml |date=2010-05-27 }} Retrieved on 2009-12-17.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kathryngrayson.com/kgbio.htm |title=Biography at Grayson's official site |publisher=Kathryngrayson.com |date=1922-02-09 |access-date=2010-07-30}}</ref>