Trivia

Best known for her 1950 hit song, If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake

Her parents, Benny and Elsie Barton, were vaudevillians, and she made her debut as an infant on stage with them.

Performed on radio with Milton Berle using the name Jolly Gillette (the "Sponsor's Daughter") as a child.

Was Nancy Walker's understudy in the Broadway Musical "Best Foot Forward" in 1941, and appeared in the Broadway play "Angel in the Wings.".

Heard with Frank Sinatra for two years on his radio program and headlined her own shows "Teen Timers" and "The Eileen Barton Show." Also appeared in TV variety shows, including Ed Sullivan's popular show.

Was the hostess on the TV game show Video Village (1960).

She died from recurrent ovarian cancer in her West Hollywood home.