Sue Bennett (born Sue Benjamin; March 24, 1928 – May 8, 2001) was a vocalist on various network shows during the live television era of the 1940s and 1950s.

The Indianapolis, Indiana-born Bennett majored in English at Syracuse University.[1] She starred on the NBC quiz and variety show, Kay Kyser's College of Musical Knowledge in 1949-50, on the DuMont show Teen Time Tunes in 1949, and was featured on Your Hit Parade in 1951-52.[2]

Bennett's recordings with the Kay Kyser Orchestra include "Sam, The Old Accordion Man," and "Tootsie, Darlin', Angel, Honey, Baby."[3] She also is heard on the CD, An Evening with Frank Loesser (DRG 5169), singing "Fugue for Tinhorns" with Loesser and Milton DeLugg.

Her career is profiled in a book about the period of early television, The Lucky Strike Papers, written by her son, Andrew Lee Fielding (BearManor Media, 2007; Revised ed., 2019).[4] Following her network career, she had an early morning radio program on WEEI in Boston and later had The Sue Bennett Show, a weekly program on Boston's WBZ-TV.[1]

Personal life and death

Bennett was married to Dr. Waldo Fielding, and they had a son, Jed.[1] She died on May 8, 2001,[5] in Brookline, Massachusetts, aged 73.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "TV Star Shows Career Mixes With Marriage". Portland Press Herald. Associated Press. March 27, 1955. p. 44. Retrieved November 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (June 24, 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 1363. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  3. ↑ Garrod, Charles and Hair, Raymond. Kay Kyser and His Orchestra, Discography. A Joyce Record Club Publication, 1986.
  4. ↑ BearManor Media website.
  5. ↑ "Fielding". The Boston Globe. May 12, 2001. p. 22. Retrieved November 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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