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Kay Kyser
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American bandleader, actor (1905-1985)
Film & TV
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA
James Kern Kyser (June 18, 1905 – July 23, 1985), known as Kay Kyser, was a popular radio personality and bandleader in the 1930's and 40's. Kyser's most popular show was Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge, which combined popular music with a quiz show format. It aired on Mutual Radio in 1938 and then moved to NBC Radio from 1939 to 1949. Kyser led the band as “The Ol’ Perfessor,” spouting…
Known for
- Television: The First Fifty Years — Self (archive footage)1999
- Showbiz Goes to War — (archive footage)1982
- The Movie Orgy — Self (archive footage)1968
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
- Carolina Blues — Himself1944
- G.I. Journal — Self1944
- Around the World — Kay Kyser1943
- Thousands Cheer — Kay Kyser1943
- Swing Fever — Lowell Blackford1943
- Stage Door Canteen — Kay Kyser1943
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Rocky Mount
- Place of death
- Chapel Hill
- Spouse
- Georgia Carroll
- Occupation
- singer
- Religion
- Christian Science
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Image
- KayKeyserStageDoorCanteen.jpg
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- James K. Kyser
- date of birth
- 1905-06-18
- date of death
- 1985-07-23
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- pseudonym
- Kay Kyser
- start of work period
- 1926-00-00
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