Let me tell you about the lovely lady pictured above. Her name is Monica Lewis and when that photo was taken, she was a huge star in radio with many best-selling records on the charts. Among them were "Put the Blame on Mame," "A Tree in the Meadow," "A Kiss to Build a Dream On," "Autumn Leaves" and "I Wish You Love." She also provided the singing voice for Chiquita Banana, the great sex symbol of fruit commercials.
She worked with everyone: Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Martin and Lewis, Bob Hope, Danny Kaye, Red Skelton, You Name 'em.
In 1948, she was one of the performers on the first episode of a TV program called Toast of the Town that later came to be known as The Ed Sullivan Show. (Her brother Marlo was its first producer.) She appeared in several dozen movies, including many of the ones produced by the prominent film producer, Jennings Lang whom she married in 1956. The woman has had one of the most colorful, exciting careers you could imagine…
…and she'll be talking about it tomorrow on Stu's Show. For those of you who are new at this, here are the two ways you can listen to Stu's Show starring your genial host, Stu Shostak…
- Listen live for free! Stu does his show Wednesdays starting at 4 PM Pacific Time. That's 7 PM Eastern Time and if you live in other zones, you can probably figure out what time it starts on your computer. It runs two hours. Sometimes, it runs more than two hours. Go to the Stu's Show website at the proper time and click where they tell you to click. Then you can minimize that window on your computer and listen as you do other things.
- Listen later for 99 cents! Shortly after the live webcast, each show becomes a podcast and you can download it as an MP3 file from the Stu's Show website and hear it at your convenience. This is a great bargain and while you're over there, browse around. You'll probably find plenty of other shows in the archives that you'd enjoy hearing.
Whichever way you do it, listen to Monica Lewis. She was a great vocalist and she's got great, great stories.