Bill Kenny
Actor · 1914 – 1978 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
William Francis Kenny Jr. (June 12, 1914 – March 23, 1978) was an African American singer best known for his role as lead Tenor with The Ink Spots. In 1951, he started upon a solo career and his recording of "It Is No Secret" became a hit on the U.S. pop charts. In 1966 Bill Kenny was the star of "The Bill Kenny Show" which aired on Canada's CBC. In 1989, 11 years after his death, Bill Kenny was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Bill Kenny is often noted as being "the father of Doo-Wop". Singers such as Elvis Presley, Clyde McPhatter, Sam Cooke, Johnny Mathis, Jackie Wilson, Tony Williams (The Platters), Gene Mumford, and Nolan Strong have credited Bill Kenny for being a major early influence on them.
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TV7.5Talk ShowTonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · 6 votes
TV6.8ComedyTalk ShowThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · 23 votes
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Movie6.5ComedyA pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.
Pardon My Sarong
1942 · 30 votes