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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.
Your Hit Parade on radio (1935–1953) The Frank Sinatra Your Hit Parade cardboard fan, designed like a tobacco leaf, is a rare collectible. Your Hit Parade began on NBC April 20, 1935, as a 60-minute program with 15 songs played in a random format before presenting the number 1 song. Initially, the songs were more important than the singers ...
Lanson, whose real name was Roy Landman, was nicknamed "Snooky" at age 2 after the Irving Berlin tune "Snooky-Ookums." He got his first singing job with band leader Francis Craig at Nashville radio station WSM. In 1940, Lanson was hired by the Ray Noble Band, and a year later recorded the hit record "By the Light of the Silvery Moon."
Jul 2, 1990 · 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"; Noble and Lanson appear together in three Soundies musical films produced in 1941. Lanson made additional Soundies as a solo artist in 1944.
Jul 5, 1990 · Snooky Lanson, 76, a singing star of the popular Saturday night television show "Your Hit Parade" from 1950 to 1957, died July 2 at a hospital in Nashville. The cause of death was not reported.
Jul 4, 1990 · Lanson first came to the attention of pop music audiences in 1941 after he recorded “By the Light of the Silvery Moon” with the Ray Noble band. A later hit, “The Old Master Painter ...
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Oct 17, 2005 · Snooky Lanson, the smiling crooner of Your Hit Parade, television's pop music show of the 1950s, has died at age 76. He died Monday night at St. Thomas Hospital, where he had been a patient...
