Kay Strother
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Kay Strother was the youngest of the Bell Sisters (the act used their
mother's maiden name), an RCA recording group in the early 1950s. They
were "discovered" Halloween night, 1951, on the L.A. amateur TV program
"Peter Potter's Search for a Song". Kay, and her older sister Cynthia,
had several radio and jukebox hits, their most popular being "Bermuda"
(which Cynthia wrote) and which reached #7 on the Billboard charts in
early 1952. They also reached #10 with "Wheel of Fortune," #19 with
"Hambone" (recorded with Phil Harris), and #26 with "Rutza Rutza."
"Bermuda" sold over one million copies. The Bell Sisters appeared
around the country live and on radio and television with Bing Crosby,
Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra. They also did two
tours of Korea with the USO in 1953 and 1954.
