KAY KYSER - INSCRIBED SHEET MUSIC SIGNED CIRCA 1939 - HFSID 265043

KAY KYSER
Kay Kyser inscribes sheet music to "The Little Red Fox".
Sheet Music inscribed and signed: "To/Chuck McKeen/With best/wishes from/Kay Kyser", 6 p, 9x12. Music to "The Little Red Fox" (lyrics by James V. Kern, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange; music by Lew Porter) from the RKO-Radio film That's Right You're Wrong. © 1939 by Leo Feist, Inc. Signed on cover. Bandleader Kay Kyser (1906-1985), who couldn't read a note of music, was one of the most popular bandleaders and music personalities in America from 1933 until the end of the 1940s. Kyser and his band became nationally known following a series of radio broadcasts from the Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica. These shows, which featured his trademark comedy (vocalists singing the titles of songs, interrupting a chorus for the band's theme, "Thinking of You") and an engagement at the Blackhawk Restaurant in Chicago, Kyser a star. His many hits included "The White Cliffs of Dover" and "Old Buttermilk Sky". Kyser's zany radio show, Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge, ran for more than 15 years and was so popular that RKO signed him up for a series of films, starting with That's Right, You're Wrong. During WWII, Kyser and his band appeared at over 500 military installations in USO shows. After his radio show was cancelled in1949, Kyser had difficulty making a transition to television, and he retired in 1950. Slightly worn at edges of cover. Fine condition.