Bill Kenny
Bill Kenny
Top Songs
| 1 | Oh What It Seemed to Me | ||
| 2 | You Hurt Me | ||
| 3 | I'd Climb the Highest Mountain | ||
| 4 | The Ol' Dream Mender | ||
| 5 | Close to You |
Albums
Jun 1960 • 2 songs
Apr 1960 • 14 songs
Apr 1959 • 2 songs
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About
Biography
b. 12 June 1914, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, d. 23 March 1978, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. After winning a Savoy Ballroom talent contest early in 1936, Kenny was heard by Moe Gale who was handling the Ink Spots. Kenny replaced Jerry Daniels and under a new contract with Decca Records the group made several records, but did not really click until 1939 and ‘If I Didn't Care'. With Kenny's high tenor vibrato floating over Orville Jones' talking-bass, the record caught the public's imagination and went to number 2 in Billboard's charts. Among other Top 10 hits ...