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Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge is an American old-time radio musical quiz program starring Kay Kyser. It was broadcast on Mutual, NBC, and ABC beginning on February 1, 1938, and ending on July 29, 1949.
Su programa, Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge, consiguió una buena audiencia, y Kyser lideraba la banda como “The Ol’ Perfessor”. Kyser fue también conocido por cantar los títulos de las canciones, una costumbre copiada por Sammy Kaye y Blue Barron .
In 1949 and 1950, "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge" aired on NBC-TV. In addition to Kyser, the TV show featured Ish Kabibble and vocalists Mike Douglas , Sue Bennett and Liza Palmer, plus The Honeydreamers vocal group and the dance team of Diane Sinclair and Ken Spaulding.
Kyser kept his radio show, Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge in the top ten for eleven years on NBC, yet if you ask the average swing fan about him today, they'll likely reply, "Kay Kyser. Who's she?" You see, Kay Kyser disappeared from the general public in 1950. Quit. Went home. Never came back.
Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge ran on radio until 1949. Kyser retired from show business in the early 1950s and later became manager of the film and broadcasting department of the Christian Science Church. Kay Kyser died on June 23, 1985. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1990.
Leader of a student orchestra at the University of North Carolina, Kyser took his charisma — and his band — nationwide. His swing band hit it big once Ksyer began the "Kollege of Musical Knowledge" radio broadcast, which won huge ratings and sold-out audiences.
24 de jul. de 1985 · Kay Kyser, whose swing-era band was known to radio listeners as the Kollege of Musical Knowledge, died of a heart attack yesterday in Chapel Hill, N.C. He was 79 years old and had been...
