Record #:

10390

Author(s):

Jarett, Calvin

Abstract:

Musician and Professor Kay Kyser has returned to Chapel Hill for his retirement. Kyser attended UNC in Chapel Hill in the 1920s and found his path as a musical leader. The Kay Kyser Band started small in the mid-1920s before expanding and playing in over 40 colleges in a large American tour. The Kyser band even performed on radio in 1933 and had a successful radio show for over ten years.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 34 Issue 9, Oct 1966, p13-14, il

Subject(s):

Kyser, Kay, 1905-1985; Kay Kyser Band