FOUR POLKS, The

Homebase: Spokane, WA / Seattle, WA
Stats:
Misc Notes: "The Polk siblings, Gordon, Elva, Vernon, and Lucy Ann, from oldest to youngest, were born in Idaho during the 1920s and raised in Spokane, Washington, where the family moved not long after Lucy Ann’s birth. Their father worked as a dairy and bakery delivery driver. As children they began performing at a young age, often at local theaters to gain free admission to films. In addition to singing, they backed themselves by playing guitar, bass and xylophone. In 1936, billed as the Four Polks, they earned their own radio program on Spokane station KHQ. They also sang on KHPY and later spent a year on Seattle radio before winning a contest sponsored by Al Pierce, who brought them to Los Angeles in 1940 or 1941 to sing on his radio program. The siblings, along with their parents, remained in California, performing at local clubs and theaters and making two soundies for RCM, The Old Oaken Bucket and Miss You. In June 1942, Bobby Sherwood hired the Polks for his new band, renaming them the Bobettes. They left Sherwood in November 1942 to join Les Brown, where pianist Willie Rowland dubbed them the Town Criers, the name that they would use for the rest of the decade..." [Text courtesy of BandChirp website READ MORE]
ALSO SEE:
1.) POLK, LUCY ANN

search by ARTIST