Of Kay Kyser and His Kollege of Musical Knowledge
Some little attention today to big bandleader Kay Kyser (James Kern Kyser, 1905-1985), a major pop culture figure of the 1940s whose early retirement in 1950 robbed fans of his ebullient personality, but who fostered careers of others who outlasted him by decades. Though Kay is customarily a woman's name, in his case it is […]