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The Auntie Dee Show was a 1950s television show in Detroit, Michigan.[1] The show's host Dee Parker sang with Vaughn Monroe's orchestra from 1943-44, with whom she recorded such songs as "One Too Often" and "When You Put On That Old Blue Suit Again" under the name "Del Parker".[2] She changed her name to "Dee Parker" when she joined Jimmy Dorsey's band, with whom she recorded more than a dozen songs for Decca Records and MGM Records,[citation needed] before she found fame in Detroit [early 1950s] as TV kiddie talent show host, "Auntie Dee".[3] She also hosted a short-lived variety show titled "Rehearsal Call" in 1949.[citation needed]
"Uncle Jimmy" (Stevenson) was the piano player on "The Auntie Dee Show." Parker moved to Los Angeles in 1956, where she continued her TV show and was a fixture at local supper clubs.[2] She died in 2000. Among the performers on the show was 5 year old Mary Prevost, 7 year old composer/pianist Paul Schoenfield, and 14 year old Ursula Walker.[1]
The reward for performing was, depending on the episode's sponsor, a six-pack of Faygo Pop[3] or a can of New Era potato chips.
References edit
- ^ "History of Detroit TV | Programs | DPTV". History of Detroit TV | Programs | DPTV.
- ^ a b "Dee Parker". BandChirps.
- ^ a b Kiska, Tim; Golick, Ed (2010). Detroit Television. Arcadia Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 9780738577074. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
External links edit
- Del Parker
- Detroit Memories Newsletter April 2009
- DETROIT MEMORIES - Michigan Gas Prices
- DEE PARKER - NEON SIGN Dee Parker sings "Neon Sign"
- YouTube Dee Parker sings "Doin' What Comes "Natur'lly" with Jimmy Dorsey
- Jimmy Dorsey - Heartaches Dee Parker and Bob Carroll sing "Heartaches" with Jimmy Dorsey