 She has two younger brothers, Alan and Rick Zukovsky.Loren performed in amateur talent shows from the early age of six and, in 1955, sang on a radio commercial for Meadow Gold Ice Cream appearing with Dick Beals, who was famous for playing the character of Speedy Alka Seltzer.In the same year, she was a frequent performer on the music radio series "Sqeakin' Deacon" with James Burton, a musician with whom she would work many times throughout her career.