Sue Bennett
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Sue Bennett was a vocalist on various network shows during the live television era of the 1940s and 1950s.
Bennett starred on the NBC quiz and variety show, Kay Kyser's College of Musical Knowledge
in 1949-50, on the DuMont
show Teen Time Tunes
in 1949, and was featured on the popular Your Hit Parade
in 1951-52. She also appeared as a regular guest on other network shows.
Bennett's recordings with the Kay Kyser Orchestra include "Sam, The Old Accordion Man," and "Tootsie, Darlin', Angel, Honey, Baby." She also is heard on the CD, An Evening with Frank Loesser (DRG 5169), singing "Fugue for Tinhorns" with Loesser and Milton DeLugg.
Her career is profiled in a book about the period of early television,The Lucky Strike Papers, written by her son, Andrew Lee Fielding (BearManor Media, 2007).
Following her network career, Bennett became a Boston television personality—including, in 1954 and 1955, singing on The Sue Bennett Show, a weekly program on Boston’s WBZ-TV
. The show also starred The Freddy Guerra Trio, a vocal group. Guerra, who died in 2003, at 79, was also known as a saxophonist and clarinetist. While in the Army, during World War Two, he played with Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Band. He later led his own bands in New England.
Bennett starred on the NBC quiz and variety show, Kay Kyser's College of Musical Knowledge
Kay Kyser
James Kern Kyser was a popular bandleader and radio personality of the 1930s and 1940s.-Early years:He was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of pharmacists Paul Bynum Kyser and Emily Royster Kyser. Editor Vermont C. Royster was his cousin...
in 1949-50, on the DuMont
DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont...
show Teen Time Tunes
Teen Time Tunes
Teen Time Tunes was an American television show broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network.-Broadcast History:The 15-minute weeknight show featured singer Sue Bennett and the musical group The Alan Logan Trio. Bennett later worked with Kay Kyser and went on to appear on many other...
in 1949, and was featured on the popular Your Hit Parade
Your Hit Parade
Your Hit Parade, is an American radio and television music program that was broadcast from 1935 to 1955 on radio, and seen from 1950 to 1959 on television. It was sponsored by American Tobacco's Lucky Strike cigarettes. During this 24-year run, the show had 19 orchestra leaders and 52 singers or...
in 1951-52. She also appeared as a regular guest on other network shows.
Bennett's recordings with the Kay Kyser Orchestra include "Sam, The Old Accordion Man," and "Tootsie, Darlin', Angel, Honey, Baby." She also is heard on the CD, An Evening with Frank Loesser (DRG 5169), singing "Fugue for Tinhorns" with Loesser and Milton DeLugg.
Her career is profiled in a book about the period of early television,The Lucky Strike Papers, written by her son, Andrew Lee Fielding (BearManor Media, 2007).
Following her network career, Bennett became a Boston television personality—including, in 1954 and 1955, singing on The Sue Bennett Show, a weekly program on Boston’s WBZ-TV
WBZ-TV
WBZ-TV, virtual channel 4, is a CBS owned-and-operated television station, located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. WBZ-TV's studios and office facilities, shared with sister station WSBK-TV , are located in the Allston-Brighton section of Boston, and its transmitter is located in Needham,...
. The show also starred The Freddy Guerra Trio, a vocal group. Guerra, who died in 2003, at 79, was also known as a saxophonist and clarinetist. While in the Army, during World War Two, he played with Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Band. He later led his own bands in New England.