The Auntie Dee Show

The Auntie Dee Show was a 1950s television show in Detroit, Michigan.[1] The show's host Dee Parker sang with Vaughn Monroe's orchestra from 1943-44, with whom she recorded such songs as "One Too Often" and "When You Put On That Old Blue Suit Again" under the name "Del Parker".[2] She changed her name to "Dee Parker" when she joined Jimmy Dorsey's band, with whom she recorded more than a dozen songs for Decca Records and MGM Records,[3] before she found fame in Detroit [early 1950s] as TV kiddie talent show host, "Auntie Dee".[4] She also hosted a short-lived variety show titled "Rehearsal Call" in 1949.[5] "Uncle Jimmy" (Stevenson) was the piano player on "The Auntie Dee Show." Parker moved to Los Angeles in 1956, where she continued her TV show and was a fixture at local supper clubs.[2] She died in 2000. Among the performers on the show was 5 year old Mary Prevost and 7 year old composer/pianist Paul Schoenfield.

The reward for performing was, depending on the episode's sponsor, a six-pack of Faygo Pop[4] or a can of New Era potato chips.

References
  1. "History of Detroit TV | Programs | DPTV". History of Detroit TV | Programs | DPTV.
  2. "Dee Parker". BandChirps.
  3. "Dee Parker". Discogs.
  4. Kiska, Tim; Golick, Ed (2010). Detroit Television. Arcadia Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 9780738577074. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  5. "Rehearsal Call" – via www.imdb.com.
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