1. Roy Landman, better known as Snooky Lanson, was an American singer known for co-starring on the NBC TV show, Your Hit Parade.
10 Facts About Snooky Lanson
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Snooky Lanson 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.
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Snooky Lanson made additional Soundies as a solo artist in 1944.
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On radio, Snooky Lanson was featured on Appointment with Music, The Saturday Showcase, and Sunday Night Serenade.
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Snooky Lanson was chosen to replace him, and Lanson became one of America's first TV stars when Your Hit Parade came to television in July 1950.
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Floor manager Fred Rogers said that Snooky Lanson often played craps behind the set with the stagehands until it was his turn to perform.
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In 1956, Lanson starred in The Snooky Lanson Show, a variety program on NBC-TV.
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Snooky Lanson guest-starred in 1958 on The Gisele MacKenzie Show, MacKenzie having been a co-star with Lanson on Hit Parade.
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Snooky Lanson later reunited with several of his Your Hit Parade co-stars on Family Feud, as part of a 1983 celebrity week saluting "TV's All-Time Favorites".
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Snooky Lanson was survived by his widow, Florence, a daughter, two sons, and eight grandchildren.