Then, he became a vocalist in the big band of Kay Kyser, with whom he was featured on two notable hits, " Ole < nowiki > Old </ nowiki > Buttermilk Sky " in 1946 and " The Old Lamplighter " the following year.

Kyser was responsible for giving him his show business name, and he remained part of Kyser's band until Kyser retired from show business in 1951.

The song was recorded by numerous artists, including the popular big band leader Kay Kyser, and became a national hit.

James Kern (“ Kay ”) Kyser ( June 18, 1905 – July 23, 1985 ) was a popular bandleader and radio personality of the 1930s and 1940s.

He was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of pharmacists Paul Bynum Kyser and Emily Royster ( Howell ) Kyser.

" Some of the band members, including Babbitt and Kabibble, noted that Kyser was difficult to know personally.

On February 26, 1941, Kay Kyser was the first bandleader to perform in front of military personnel.

Around the World ( 1943 ) fictionalized the band's international tours of military camps, and Swing Fever of 1943 supposed that Kyser was blessed with a hypnotic eye.

Kyser also appeared as a light comedian ; he acted with ( and was billed above ) John Barrymore in John Barrymore's final film Playmates ( 1941 ).

Kyser ’ s personal performing style was enthusiastic and comical.

Kyser was first to introduce the new sonic audio process called the ' sonovox ', a singing electronic voice triggered by music.

It was this arthritis which is often cited as one of the reasons Kyser retired from performing in 1950.

Kyser was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 1999.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is custodian of a large archive of documents and material about Kyser which was donated by his widow and made available to the public on April 8, 2008.

* Kyser was mentioned several times on the 1970s sitcom All in the Family, usually by devoted fan Edith Bunker ( Jean Stapleton ).

His motion picture debut was as Kid Mandell in MGM's Swing Fever ( 1943 ) starring Kay Kyser and Marilyn Maxwell.

The Kay Kyser recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 35375.

This is a parody of " The Old Lamp-Lighter " by Charles Tobias and Nat Simon, which was a hit for Kay Kyser in 1947.

MBS also provided the national launching pad for Kay Kyser and His Kollege of Musical Knowledge ; Kyser's enormous success at Mutual soon allowed his show to move to NBC and its much larger audience.

Other 1940 recordings were by: The Glenn Miller Orchestra on Bluebird Records ( 10768 ), Kay Kyser, Russ Morgan, Gene Autry ( also in the 1941 film The Singing Hill ), Connee Boswell, and Jimmy Dorsey.

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Long before his national success, Kyser recorded two sessions for Victor in the late 1920's ( Camden, NJ in November, 1928 and Chicago in early 1929 ).

Kyser had intended to retire following the end of the war, but performance and recording contracts kept him in show business for another half decade.

Always the businessman, Kyser reunited his band especially for this series and just as quickly disbanded it when the show ended.

Some of the more popular members included vocalist Harry Babbitt, cornetist Merwyn Bogue ( aka Ish Kabibble ), trombonist Bruce King, saxophonist Jack Martin ( who sang lead vocal on the number one hit, " Strip Polka "), Ginny Simms ( who had her own successful acting and singing career after leaving Kyser ’ s band ), Sully Mason, Mike Douglas ( years before he became a popular TV talk show host ) and Georgia Carroll.

* Titus und die Jüdin ( 1911 ), a German drama by Hans Kyser

Two of the most recognizable models of trigger-style capos are manufactured by Dunlop and Kyser.

It has been recorded by virtually every important jazz and swing musician, including Glenn Miller ( with Tex Beneke on vocals ), Louis Armstrong, Kay Kyser, Hal Kemp and the Dukes of Dixieland.

*" Me and My Melinda " by Kay Kyser

The ballroom hosted popular bands including those led by Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Glen Gray, Jimmy Dorsey and Kay Kyser, among others.

Recordings in 1940 were made by Kay Kyser and his orchestra ( vocals: Sully Mason & His Playmates ), by Mitchell Ayres and His Fashions In Music ( vocals: Mary Ann Mercer & Tommy Taylor ), and by Hal Kemp and The Smoothies.

" by Lillian " Lil " Green and the 1942 and 1947 versions recorded by Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee, other versions were recorded over the years by Kay Kyser ( vocals by Julie Conway ), Ella Fitzgerald ( see her album: " Jazz at the Philharmonic, the Ella Fitzgerald Set ") and Joe Pass, Julie London, Cal Tjader and Mary Stallings, Mark Murphy, Shirley Horn, Johnny Otis, Mel Torme, Rasputina, Imelda May, Kiri Te Kanawa, Ashlee Simpson, Sinéad O ' Connor, Eden Brent on her album " Mississippi Number One " ( 2008 ), White Ghost Shivers on their album Everyone's Got ' Em ( 2006 ), and the Carolina Chocolate Drops on their album " Genuine Negro Jig " ( 2010 ).

In 1940, Lorre co-starred with fellow horror actors Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff in the Kay Kyser movie You'll Find Out.

In the otherwise undistinguished Playmates with band leader Kay Kyser, Barrymore recited the " To Be, or Not to Be " soliloquy from Hamlet.

* Kyser Lake – A wide part of the East Canada Creek, north of Ingham Mills.

* Kyser Lake – A small lake north of Ingham Mills.

* Ransom Creek – A stream entering the north end of Kyser Lake.

Commissioners are Ray Lehr, Sheila Young, Ken Kyser and Sandy Miller.

Wasserman helped create MCA's radio show Kay Kyser and His Kollege of Musical Knowledge, which debuted on NBC Radio that same year.

Kilpatrick succeeded the 12-year president, John S. Kyser, a native of El Paso, Illinois.

In 1965, NSC under President Kyser signed an agreement with the department of Army stating that the Military Science Senior ROTC program would be provided with a university secretary, armory, and utilities.

* John S. Kyser ( 1900-1975 ), historian and geographer, NSU president from 1954-1966

He took over from band-leader Kay Kyser as host of the TV version of NBC quiz show Kollege of Musical Knowledge when it returned briefly in 1954 after a four-year hiatus.

He later recalled that RKO producers had trouble figuring out what kind of screen characters he could play, until one of the executives dubbed him, " Kay Kyser, with warmth.

" Up to 1942, she dated Kay Kyser, Eddie Albert, George Montgomery and Jackie Cooper, among others.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he joined the Kay Kyser band in 1938.

With Kyser he recorded several hits in his rich baritone.