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- Category: Radio
- Star rank: 1827
- Address:
1613 Vine St - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing south
- GPS location:
34.100048, -118.326817
Kay Kyser
Biography
James Kern (“Kay”) Kyser (June 18, 1905 – July 23, 1985) was a popular bandleader and radio personality of the 1930s and 1940s.
Fact file
- Birth name: James Kern Kyser
- Born: June 18, 1905 Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S.
- Died: July 23, 1985 (aged 80) Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
- Genres: Big band, swing
- Occupations: Vocalist, bandleader
- Years active: 1926–1950
Read more about Kay Kyser at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
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For recording
1704 Vine St Vine St, east side, between Hollywood and Yucca
In the news
Georgia Carroll, Kay Kyser's singer, then wife, dies
Variety, 2011-01-24 00:00:00
Film News: She appeared with band in three films, retired young -- Georgia Carroll, who was the featured vocalist in Kay Kyser's big band orchestra and appeared in three films with him and the band, died Jan. 14 in Chapel Hill, N.C. She was 91.
Georgia Carroll, Singer in Kay Kyser’s Band, Dies at 91
NY Times Music, 2011-01-23 02:59:52
Georgia Carroll in 1943.
Vine St, west side, between Hollywood and Selma
Nearby you will also find Charlotte Greenwood, Xavier Cugat, Cyd Charisse, Renee Adoree, and many others.