Comments on: Forgotten Artists: Kenny Roberts http://www.the9513.com/forgotten-artists-kenny-roberts/ The latest country music news and reviews. Fri, 03 May 2013 18:54:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Steve Loomis http://www.the9513.com/forgotten-artists-kenny-roberts/#comment-181116 Steve Loomis Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:05:35 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=10016#comment-181116 George S. Kingsbury, aka Kenny Roberts, Rest In Peace. Here is a link to a tribute page at: Navy TogetherWeServed http://navy.togetherweserved.com/profile/590300 If you have additions or corrections please contact me. Steve (sloomis@cox.net) George S. Kingsbury, aka Kenny Roberts, Rest In Peace.

Here is a link to a tribute page at: Navy TogetherWeServed

http://navy.togetherweserved.com/profile/590300

If you have additions or corrections please contact me.
Steve (sloomis@cox.net)

]]> By: Steve Loomis http://www.the9513.com/forgotten-artists-kenny-roberts/#comment-181115 Steve Loomis Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:41:32 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=10016#comment-181115 Sorry, there was a typo on my name. Steve (LOOMIS) Sorry, there was a typo on my name. Steve (LOOMIS)

]]> By: Steve Kiinus http://www.the9513.com/forgotten-artists-kenny-roberts/#comment-181114 Steve Kiinus Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:38:01 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=10016#comment-181114 To Ruthann Strange, about the house Kenny Roberts rented. Do you remember the address or have a photograph of the house? I remember going there with my mother, it must have been about 1958. My father was the Sales Manager for WWTV (which was channel 13 back then) when it went on the air in January 1954. Part of dad's responsibility was the Kenny Roberts Show. I was on the show several times because my mother would get a call when they needed children to fill seats and she would load up her old Hudson with us and the neighbor kids. Do you remember the puppet with a balloon nose? I believe his name was Pepito and we would get him to fib and make the balloon blow up. If it popped on your question/fib you would win a prize. On the weekends we would travel to nearby towns with George (Kenny Roberts) for shows. The entrance fee was to bring a milk carton with you. As I recall, there may have even been an advertisement on the milk cartons for his show. BTW, I can still yodel. (Does anyone have any details of his Naval Service? 1945/46). Thanks, Steve in Phoenix Arizona (sloomis@cox.net) To Ruthann Strange, about the house Kenny Roberts rented. Do you remember the address or have a photograph of the house? I remember going there with my mother, it must have been about 1958. My father was the Sales Manager for WWTV (which was channel 13 back then) when it went on the air in January 1954. Part of dad’s responsibility was the Kenny Roberts Show. I was on the show several times because my mother would get a call when they needed children to fill seats and she would load up her old Hudson with us and the neighbor kids. Do you remember the puppet with a balloon nose? I believe his name was Pepito and we would get him to fib and make the balloon blow up. If it popped on your question/fib you would win a prize. On the weekends we would travel to nearby towns with George (Kenny Roberts) for shows. The entrance fee was to bring a milk carton with you. As I recall, there may have even been an advertisement on the milk cartons for his show. BTW, I can still yodel. (Does anyone have any details of his Naval Service? 1945/46). Thanks, Steve in Phoenix Arizona (sloomis@cox.net)

]]> By: B ROBERTSance http://www.the9513.com/forgotten-artists-kenny-roberts/#comment-181036 B ROBERTSance Sun, 01 Jul 2012 14:21:42 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=10016#comment-181036 yes you are right N.M.Kenny went to kmox and the uncle Dick Slack show Barn Dance shows on CBS. Kenny joined the down homers in 1943 after he left he Red River Rangers. B Roberts yes you are right N.M.Kenny went to kmox and the uncle Dick Slack show Barn Dance shows on CBS.
Kenny joined the down homers in 1943 after he left he Red River Rangers.
B Roberts

]]> By: bart http://www.the9513.com/forgotten-artists-kenny-roberts/#comment-180982 bart Thu, 24 May 2012 20:29:59 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=10016#comment-180982 people may enjoy my kenny roberts tribute radio show at wreck this mess features rare recordings: mixcloud.com/wreckthismess/wre­ck-yodelin-kenny-roberts/ he will also be profiled in my new book YODEL IN HIFI... people may enjoy my kenny roberts tribute radio show at wreck this mess features rare recordings: mixcloud.com/wreckthismess/wre­ck-yodelin-kenny-roberts/ he will also be profiled in my new book YODEL IN HIFI…

]]> By: Ruthann Strange http://www.the9513.com/forgotten-artists-kenny-roberts/#comment-180880 Ruthann Strange Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:30:26 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=10016#comment-180880 Kenny Roberts also had shows on channel 9&10 in Cadillac,Michigan it was in the late 50's,He also rented a house from my husbands parents when they first moved here. My husband and I still have our membership cards to his fan club--Great Memories Kenny Roberts also had shows on channel 9&10 in Cadillac,Michigan it was in the late 50′s,He also rented a house from my husbands parents when they first moved here.
My husband and I still have our membership cards to his fan club–Great Memories

]]> By: tim http://www.the9513.com/forgotten-artists-kenny-roberts/#comment-180808 tim Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:38:23 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=10016#comment-180808 I too was on his show in Michigan,(1963). I was in the Boy Scouts, he asked me if I could do the twist, I said sure and I've been singing and playing guitar ever since, thank you, Terry, and thank you Kenny Roberts, I came home that day and my Mom bought me my first guitar. (probably after two weeks of me bugging her)...Thanks for the Memories... I too was on his show in Michigan,(1963). I was in the Boy Scouts, he asked me if I could do the twist,
I said sure and I’ve been singing and playing guitar
ever since, thank you, Terry, and thank you Kenny
Roberts, I came home that day and my Mom bought me
my first guitar. (probably after two weeks of me
bugging her)…Thanks for the Memories…

]]> By: Paul Coxx http://www.the9513.com/forgotten-artists-kenny-roberts/#comment-180439 Paul Coxx Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:38:39 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=10016#comment-180439 Kenny Roberts did not organize the Down Homers. They were started by Shorty Cook and Guy Cambell many years before. Keny knows this. My father played with the Down Homers on WTIC i Hartford, Conn. for many years, I believe from 1946 to 1950. If I remenber right, Kenny went into the service and Bill Haley took his place. Am I right? Kenny Roberts did not organize the Down Homers. They were started by Shorty Cook and Guy Cambell many years before. Keny knows this. My father played with the Down Homers on WTIC i Hartford, Conn. for many years, I believe from 1946 to 1950. If I remenber right, Kenny went into the service and Bill Haley took his place. Am I right?

]]> By: Bill http://www.the9513.com/forgotten-artists-kenny-roberts/#comment-176097 Bill Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:51:28 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=10016#comment-176097 I was about 4 yrs old when I was on The Kenny Roberts Show when he was on WNEW in Saginaw Mi. He asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said "You!" He laughed, put his hat on me, and asked if I could wiggle my eyebrows up and down to make the hat move like he could do. All this on live T.V. I'll never forget it. Wish I could get in touch with him. I was about 4 yrs old when I was on The Kenny Roberts Show when he was on WNEW in Saginaw Mi. He asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said “You!” He laughed, put his hat on me, and asked if I could wiggle my eyebrows up and down to make the hat move like he could do. All this on live T.V. I’ll never forget it. Wish I could get in touch with him.

]]> By: SaginawPete http://www.the9513.com/forgotten-artists-kenny-roberts/#comment-175488 SaginawPete Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:36:39 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=10016#comment-175488 My wife finally found Kenny's Jumping and Yodeling CD. She remembers being on his children's TV show in Saginaw, MI in 1961 when she was in the Brownies. She still has an old news article featuring Kenny singing to the kids. She now sings the Maggie Dear song in local nursing home concerts. She had not realized it was his hit song, but everyone sure enjoys it. My wife finally found Kenny’s Jumping and Yodeling CD. She remembers being on his children’s TV show in Saginaw, MI in 1961 when she was in the Brownies. She still has an old news article featuring Kenny singing to the kids. She now sings the Maggie Dear song in local nursing home concerts. She had not realized it was his hit song, but everyone sure enjoys it.

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