Snooky Lanson
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Roy Landman (March 27, 1914 – July 2, 1990),[1] better known as Snooky Lanson, was an American singer known for co-starring on the NBC TV show, Your Hit Parade.
Life
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Lanson was a band singer with Francis Craig's dance band in the late 1930s. He became a singing star when major bandleader Ray Noble hired him as his orchestra's "boy singer";[2] Noble and Lanson appear together in three Soundies musical films produced in 1941. Lanson made additional Soundies as a solo artist in 1944.
On radio, Lanson was featured on Appointment with Music,[3] The Saturday Showcase,[3]Template:R/superscript and Sunday Night Serenade.[3]Template:R/superscript
NBC's popular Your Hit Parade radio programs featured Frank Sinatra, who left the series in 1950. Snooky Lanson was chosen to replace him, and Lanson became one of America's first TV stars when Your Hit Parade came to television in July 1950.[4] Lanson remained with the series through 1957. Floor manager (and future children's television host) Fred Rogers said that Lanson often played craps behind the set with the stagehands until it was his turn to perform.[5]
In 1956, Lanson starred in The Snooky Lanson Show, a variety program on NBC-TV.[4]Template:R/superscript
After Hit Parade ended, he performed in nightclubs and on local television shows in Atlanta and Shreveport, Louisiana.[6] He guest-starred in 1958 on The Gisele MacKenzie Show, MacKenzie having been a co-star with Lanson on Hit Parade. In 1961, he was one of five rotating hosts on the NBC-TV program Five Star Jubilee.
In January 1960, Crossroads TV Productions videotaped a pilot in Springfield, Missouri for a proposed pop music-variety series called Snooky Lanson Time. Guests were Brenda Lee, the Anita Kerr Singers, Betty Ann Grove and Paul Mitchell's instrumental combo.[7] From 1967 on he lived in Nashville, where he sang at tea dances and similar functions, had a syndicated radio show that played big-band music, and sold cars and outdoor advertising.[8] He later reunited with several of his Your Hit Parade co-stars on Family Feud, as part of a 1983 celebrity week saluting "TV's All-Time Favorites".
Lanson died on July 2, 1990 at age 76 in New York.[9] He was survived by his widow, Florence, a daughter, two sons, and eight grandchildren.[8][9]
Notes
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- ^ DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. Template:ISBN. P. 159.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Noble's Musicians Mostly American". The Evening Herald. Oregon, Klamath Falls. August 13, 1941. p. 3. Retrieved July 8, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
- ^ a b c Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. Template:ISBN. P. 26.
- ^ a b Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company, Inc. Template:ISBN. P. 1209.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fred Rogers - Archive Interview Part 2 of 9". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2011-03-25. (at 23 min., 26 sec.)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Snooky Recalls Old 'Hit Parade'". The Indiana Gazette. Pennsylvania, Indiana. Associated Press. October 3, 2000. p. 24. Retrieved July 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
- ^ "Plan New TV Series for Lanson" (January 25, 1960), The Billboard, p. 12
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Archives". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Snooky Lanson, 76; Sang on a TV Show And in Nightclubs". The New York Times. 4 July 1990. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
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References
- "Plan New TV Series for Lanson" (January 25, 1960), The Billboard, p. 12
External links
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- Snooky Lanson at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- New York Times obituary
- Snooky Larson, Shriners Hospital promotional message
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