Kay Penton

Radio, night club, and big band vocalist from Florida

Penton started her career as a child, and by the age of seven, she had her own radio show on WADX in Jackson, Mississippi. From there she moved on to New Orleans, and then returned to Jackson. At the age of 16 she moved to New York, and had adopted her real father's last name, Penton. She got a job from George White's Great White Way, a club on Broadway. Her big break came during a tour of White's musical "Midnight Scandals", when the star, Helen Morgan, fell ill.

From White's show she continued to "Friday on Broadway" radio show, then to CBS and "Three-Ring Time", featuring Penton, Guy Lombardo and Ogden Nash. In 1956 she left the show business, and returned to home to Florida. In the mid-1960s, she briefly worked for WSM television in Nashville, Tennessee.

Born: 27 November 1920 in Holt, Florida, USA
Died: 14 April 1993 in Milton, Florida, USA