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Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
12+ albums
swing40sBig Band30sjazz
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Move over,the "Ol' Professor", Kay Kyser is BACK! He was one of the most outrageous, over the top performers of the whole swing era. From the late 30s to the late 40s he was the physical embodiment of the word success, with eleven #1 records and thirty-five top tens! He starred in seven feature films with such co-stars as Lucille Ball, John Barrymore, Karloff, Lugosi, Lorre. Kyser kept his radio show, Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge in the top ten for eleven years on NBC, yet if you ask the average swing fan about him today, they'll likely reply, "Kay Kyser. Who's she?" You see, Kay Kyser disappeared from the general public in 1950. Quit. Went home. Never came back. Made his million, then left without even making an announcement. In contrast to his zany character onstage, he was equally as serious off. "As exuberant as he was while performing, at a party you couldn't get him aroused..." said KK orchestra singer, "Handsome" Harry Babbitt to this writer in a 1995 interview for the upcoming 1 hour TV retrospective on Kay & the band, KAY KYSER- the OL' PROFESSOR of SWING! "But those were magic days..." says Babbitt who, along with Sully Mason, Ginny Simms, Ish Kabibble (real name Merwyn Bogue) helped make the Kyser band a solid, first-rate performing unit. The duets Babbitt performed w/ Simms were "like buttah", whether they were beautiful ballads like YOU & I or spoofing Romeo & Juliet in WAY BACK IN 1939 A.D. THIS band was secure enough to be downright silly, somethi
top songs
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(I Got Spurs That) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
99,2492Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition
47,8933Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
44,6714(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover
8,3905Jingle Jangle Jingle
6,0876On a Slow Boat to China
4,2847(I got spurs that) Jingle jangle jingle
2,9108There Goes That Song Again
2,8029Why Don't We Do This More Often
2,27210Hello, Mr. Kringle
2,176albums
Presenting Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
The Best Of Kay Kyser and His Orchestra
The Answer Is Love
The Very Best Of
The Victory for You
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Kay Kyser and His Kollege of Musical Knowledge
Best Of The Big Bands
You Know I Love You
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