After Kay Kyser walked away from contemporary fame, lasting fame walked away from him. At his peak in the 1930s and 1940s, the Rocky Mount native, a Big Band leader, radio quizmaster and film comedian ...

Back in 1937, Band-Leader Kay Kyser was whiling away the slow Monday evenings at Chicago’s Blackhawk Restaurant by dishing out a line of folksy chatter to the customers. Out of such primitive ...

The draft board of Rocky Mount, N.C. (pop. 14,919) last week had apparently succeeded in drafting the town’s No. 1 citizen, Band Leader Kay Kyser (“the old Professor of Musical Knowledge”). Kay Kyser, ...

Ish Kabibble (born Merwyn Bogue in 1908) was an American cornet player best known for his work with Kay Kyser's orchestra, which he performed in from the late-1930s to the early-1950s. He played a key ...

side 1: Kay Kyser and his Orchestra. Love On a Greyhound Bus [track 1] All the Time [track 2] Hora Staccato [track 3] Donkey Serenade [track 4]; side 2: Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra ...

Porky Pig goes on a safari in Africa, and runs into an assortment of crazy animals, wacky natives and Kay Kyser giving dance lessons in the middle of the jungle.

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 (1941) Starring Hedda Hopper Kay Kyser M.A. Bogue Director Herbert Moulton NR 10 min Oct 2nd, 1941 Documentary Facebook X Reddit ...