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Al Jones, a disc jockey for WRR FM 101.1, was the first voice of Big Tex, and would fill the role until the fair ended in 1955. [25] Radio announcer Jim Lowe, the most well-known voice of Big Tex, began performing his voice in 1956. [ 26 ]
Before the end of the month, Clyde Moody left to start a solo career and Jimmy "Tex" Willis was brought in to take his place on the recommendation of Wise and Watts. [33] The group completed their first recording session since 1941 — and first for Columbia Records — on February 13, 1945, tracking the singles "Rocky Road Blues", "True Life ...
Lee Ann Meriwether (born May 27, 1935) [1] is an American actress, former model, and the winner of the 1955 Miss America pageant. She has appeared in many films and television shows, notably as Betty Jones, the title character's secretary and daughter-in-law in the 1970s crime drama Barnaby Jones starring Buddy Ebsen.
According to Parsons, Stanton had "a beautiful soprano voice". [7] In 1949, she married silent film actor Ken Harlan to become his eighth wife, [3] but they divorced in December 1953 after having separated in April, on grounds of cruelty, although she told reporters that the divorce was "real friendly" and noting she thought he was a nice person.
Radio personality, voice actor: Years active: 1934–1971: Known for: Voice of Droopy in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio (1943–1945, 1949–1958) Voice of White Rabbit and Capt. Dodo in Alice in Wonderland (1951) Voice of Mr. Smee in Peter Pan (1953) Voice of Jock in Lady and the Tramp (1955) Voice of King Hubert in Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, television personality, and the chart-topping female vocalist of the 1940s.
Betty Hutton (born Elizabeth June Thornburg; February 26, 1921 – March 12, 2007) [a] was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedian, dancer, and singer. She rose to fame in the 1940s as a contract player for Paramount Pictures, appearing primarily in musicals and became one of the studio's most valuable stars. [1]
He became sought after as an animation voice actor in the mid 1930s at the age of just 18, hired by the legendary Warner Bros. (Merrie Melodies) mogul Leon Schlesinger with the Hollywood-themed The Coo-Coo Nut Grove (1936), where he voiced actor Ned Sparks, Porky's Road Race (1937) and then a year later with Disney with the celebrity-filled ...