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Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Lanson was a band singer with Francis Craig's dance band in the late 1930s. He became a singing star when major bandleader Ray Noble hired him as his orchestra's "boy singer"; [2] Noble and Lanson appear together in three Soundies musical films produced in 1941. Lanson made additional Soundies as a solo artist in 1944.
On the TV series, vocalists Dorothy Collins (1950–57, 1958–59), Russell Arms (1952–57), Snooky Lanson (1950–57) and Gisèle MacKenzie (1953–57) were top-billed during the show's peak years. During this time, MacKenzie had her own hit record in 1955 with "Hard to Get" which climbed to the #5 ranking in June 1955 and stayed on the ...
The song reached No. 6 on the Cash Box Top 50, in a tandem ranking of The Dream Weavers, Jo Stafford, David Carroll, Snooky Lanson, and Lawrence Welk's versions, with The Dream Weavers and Jo Stafford's versions marked as bestsellers, [2] while reaching No. 4 on Cash Box ' s chart of "The Nation's Top Ten Juke Box Tunes", in the same tandem ...
Snooky Lanson (1960) Brenda Lee (1955–60)* Rosalie Leis, beauty queen (1956) Lincicome, Anita, Becky and Cathy (ABC Triplets) 1958; Merl Lindsay (1957)
Singer Snooky Lanson headed the cast of Appointment with Music, and Dorothy Dillard was the female vocalist. [3] The Dixie Dons quartet also performed on the show, [4] and Owen Bradley led a 26-piece orchestra. [2] As the summer replacement for Jimmy Durante's program, Appointment with Music was broadcast on Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. Eastern ...
Ted Weems and his orchestra (vocal: Snooky Lanson; recorded March 1949, released by Mercury Records as catalog number 5305, with the flip side "Sleepy Hollow" [43]) Anita O'Day (recorded January 31, 1951, released by Verve) Jimmie Osborne (released in 1951 by King Records as catalog number 1012, with the flip side "It's Me Who Has To Suffer" [44])
In 1950, while singing on the Hit Parade radio program, Wilson became one of the original starring vocalists—with Snooky Lanson and Dorothy Collins—on the TV version of the show. She sang on the Hit Parade TV show until 1952. In the fall of 1952, Wilson was replaced on the TV program by singer June Valli.
Snooky Lanson — singer and television personality; Chuck Lanza — NFL player; Brian Lawler — professional wrestler; Jerry Lawler — professional wrestler; Arthur Lee (1945–2006) — singer-songwriter; Fannie Lewis — Cleveland Ohio's longest serving councilwoman; Furry Lewis — blues musician; Jerry Lee Lewis — musician in the Rock ...