Molly Bee

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Molly Bee (August 18, 1939–February 7, 2009), born Mollie Gene Beachboard, was an American country music singer famous for her 1952 recording of the early perennial, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", and as Pinky Lee's sidekick on The Pinky Lee Show. Bee was also well known in the 1950s in Los Angeles, California as a regular on Hometown Jamboree, a local television program featuring Tennessee Ernie Ford, later the host of NBC's The Ford Show. She also appeared several times on The Ford Show during its five-year run (1956–1961). Bee, who was part Native American, was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on August 18, 1939, raised in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, until she and her family moved to Tucson, Arizona sometime in the 1940s. When Bee was a child, she wanted to be a "prima ballerina". While in Arizona, Bee was discovered by "singing cowboy" Rex Allen, a disc jockey in Tucson, when he heard her singing. Allen was impressed with Bee's voice, and had the ten-year-old sing "Lovesick Blues" on his popular radio show. In 1950, when Bee was 11, the Beachboard family moved to the Los Angeles area. She became a regular on Hometown Jamboree during the next two years, a KTLA-TV program produced at the American Legion Stadium in El Monte, California. It was later moved to the then-famous Harmony Park Ballroom in Anaheim in Orange County, California. The Saturday night stage show was hosted and produced by Cliffie Stone, who helped popularize country music in California. While in her te

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