The 75 names listed below are potential celebrity performers. The list is in no way complete and has been compiled based on pre-existing flags in the collection and independent research. Names that are listed as “unconfirmed” should be seriously researched. While the Library of Congress holds a more or less complete set of Major Bowes’ Original Amateur Hour broadcasts, the Ted Mack collection is more limited. It is possible to independently confirm dozens of celebrity performances during the Ted Mack years, but only those few that are actually held by the Library have been listed here.
Alexander, John. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 4/13/1939. [unconfirmed].
actor, Arsenic and Old Lace, Fancy Pants
Anthony, Charles. aka Charles Anthony Caruso. Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour. 3/2/1950. [unconfirmed].
operatic tenor, most performances (2,958) with the Met Opera
Benzell, Mimi. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 11/21/1940. [confirmed].
Metropolitan Opera singer, Ed Sullivan Show, To Tell the Truth panelist
Birch, Sammy. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 11/11/1937. [confirmed].
actor, The Honeymooners, The Jackie Gleason Show
Bishop, Adelaide. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 10/31/1940. [unconfirmed].
New York City Opera, Broadway, vocal instructor, vocal director, TV : Griffelkin 1955
Breen, Bobby. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 7/13/1944. [unconfirmed].
child star, vaudevillian, RKO Pictures, The Eddie Cantor Show
Brewer, Teresa. aka Theresa Breuer. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 10/20/1938. [confirmed].
pop singer, 6 Top 5 Billboard singles, over 600 recordings
Bullman, Morton. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 8/20/1942. [unconfirmed].
recording artist, worked with Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Bobby Darin, Louis Armstrong
Caiola, Al. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 11/4/1943. [confirmed].
guitarist, recording artist, worked with Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett
Callas, Maria. aka Nina Foresti. aka Anita Duval. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 4/7/1935. [unconfirmed]. (Pictured at right)
opera singer, best-selling classical musician
Carpenter, Thelma. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 8/5/1937. [unconfirmed].
Broadway : Hello Dolly, Pippin, The Wiz, radio: Eddie Cantor Show, recording artist
Carter, Jack. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 3/27/1941. [unconfirmed].
stand-up comedian, TV: Cavalcade of Stars, Jack Carter Show, Broadway: Mr. Wonderful
Chase, Rhoda. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 10/27/1935. [confirmed].
nightclub singer, USO singer, radio performer
Clark Sisters. aka The Sentimentalists. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 2/12/1942. [confirmed].
singers, recording artists
Clements, Stanley. aka Stosh Clements. aka Stash Clements. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 6/3/1937, 4/21/1938, 6/3/1939, 1/25/1940, 7/10/1941. [confirmed].
East Side Kids, Bowery Boys, Going My Way, vaudeville, television
Collins, Dorothy. aka Marjorie Chandler. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 3/21/1940. [confirmed].
recording artist, TV : Your Hit Parade, Candid Camera, Broadway : Follies, Lucky Strike
Denning, Wade. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 7/20/1944. [confirmed].
composer, arranger, recording artist, Charlie Barnet Orchestra, advertising jingle: Maxwell Coffee Pot
DiGirolamo, Orlando. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 3/25/1943. [confirmed].
jazz accordionist, recording artist, composer
Farrar, Eugenia. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 4/6/1939. [confirmed].
singer, first voice heard over radio in 1907 Lee De Forest experiment
Fields, Irving. aka Irving Schwartz. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 1/19/1936. [unconfirmed].
pianist, composer, recording artist, nightclub performer, Ilona Massey Show
Fontaine, Frank. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 3/30/1934. [confirmed].
The Jackie Gleason Show, The Jack Benny Show, The Tonight Show
Foxx, Redd. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 7/27/1939. [confirmed].
comedian, recording artist, TV: Sanford and Son
Francis, Connie. aka Concetta Franconero. Ted Mack Amateur Hour 12/15/1949. [confirmed]
singer, recording artist, Top 40 Billboard 7 times
Gaillard, Slim. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 4/12/1936. [unconfirmed].
recording artist, jazz musician, composer : “Down By the Station,” Hellzapoppin', Birdland
Guerrero, Lalo. Los Carlistos. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 5/18/1939. [confirmed].
singer, guitarist, recording artist, activist
Gunty, Morty. Ted Mack Amateur Hour 11/17/1948 and 12/15/1949. [confirmed].
comedian, actor, TV : That Girl, The Ed Sullivan Show, film: Broadway Danny Rose
Hambro, Leonid. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 10/22/1942 and 4/29/1943. [confirmed].
concert pianist, composer, WQXR New York, recording artist
Harrison, Wesley. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 3/18/1943. [confirmed].
“Mr. Sound Effects,” comedian, voice actor
Hinton, Sam. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 2/18/1937. [confirmed].
folk singer, recording artist, marine biologist
Hobin, Bill. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 9/19/1940. [unconfirmed].
director : Three's Company, Maude, Red Skelton Hour, TV specials
Irwin, Stan. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 10/23/1941. [unconfirmed].
Producer: Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
Kaye, Stubby. aka Stubby Kay. Ted Mack Amateur Hour 2/16/1950. [unconfirmed].
Broadway : Guys and Dolls, Li’l Abner, The Cool Mikado, TV : Love and Marriage, My Sister Eileen
Kelly, Paula. aka Paula Dickinson. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 6/15/1944. [confirmed].
Singer, recording artist, The Modernaires, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Artie Shaw Orchestra
Kelley, Norman. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 1/16/1941. [confirmed].
opera singer, Metropolitan Opera, Broadway
Knight, Gladys. Ted Mack Amateur Hour 5/8/1952, 6/12/192, 6/26/1952 and 7/3/1952. [confirmed]. (Pictured at 8 years old with Original Amateur Hour trophy, center of photograph at right)
singer, recording artist
Kordae, Pearl. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 10/29/1936. [confirmed].
Vaudeville, singer, dancer
Lawrence, Eddie. aka Lawrence Eisler. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 5/6/1937, 6/30/1938, 5/4/1939, 1/25/1940 and 5/21/1942. confirmed].
Comedian – “The Old Philosopher,” film: The Wild Party, The Night They Raided Minsky’s
Lehrer, Murray. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 10/2/1941. [unconfirmed].
recording artist
Liberace, George. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 8/3/1934. [unconfirmed].
pianist, TV performer, business partner of brother Walter Liberace
Lund, Art. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 12/23/1943. [unconfirmed].
recording artist, Billboard #1, gold album, Broadway: The Most Happy Fella
Macchiaverna, Joseph. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 9/30/1943. [confirmed].
violinist, Las Vegas restauranteur, professional poker player
MacWatters, Virginia. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 2/4/1937. [confirmed].
coloratura soprano, Broadway : Rosalinda, New York City Opera
Malone, Ray. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 4/29/1937 and 7/13/1944. [confirmed].
dancer, TV : Ed Sullivan Show, Garry Moore Show, Dagmar's Canteen, Cavalcade of Stars
Manna, Charles. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 4/23/1942. [confirmed].
stand-up comedian, Ed Sullivan Show, Garry Moore Show, Tonight Show, record : Manna Overboard
Mozart, Mickey. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 1/16/1941. [confirmed].
composer, harpist, “Shangri-La,” “Ebb Tide,” “Solfeggio” - Ernie Kovacs Nairobi Trio Theme
Mearns, Harvey I. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 3/31/1935. [confirmed].
recording artist, organ player
Merrill, Robert. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 2/3/1944. [unconfirmed]. (Pictured at right with Leontyne Price in 1964)
baritone, Metropolitan Opera
Mills, Harry. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 12/30/1943. [unconfirmed].
recording artist, The Mills Brothers
Mimoso, Veronica. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 5/19/1935 and 2/10/1944. [confirmed].
concert pianist, composer, “wonder child,” international tour at age 3, 2000 piano pieces by memory
Mizzy, Vic. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 6/29/1944. [confirmed].
composer : Addams Family Theme, Green Acres Theme, movie soundtracks, 1930s pop music
Montenegro, Hugo. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 4/6/1944 and 10/26/1944. [confirmed].
electronic musician, composer I Dream of Jeannie theme music, cover of Morricone's theme from The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Moreno, Buddy. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 8/17/1944. [unconfirmed].
band leader, pop singer : The Buddy Moreno Orchestra
Newman, Phyllis. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 1/18/1940. [unconfirmed].
Tony Award, child star, television, film
Osterwold, Margaret. aka Bibi Osterwald. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour1/27/1938 [confirmed].
Broadway: 42nd Street, Hello Dolly, TV : Three's Company, Newhart, St. Elsewhere
Oswald, Virginia. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 3/6/1941 [unconfirmed].
Broadway: Oklahoma!, Brigadoon
Paris, Jackie. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 1/19/1939. [confirmed].
recording artist, jazz singer, guitarist, tap dancer, child vaudevillian
Parks, Bert. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 4/1/1937. [confirmed].
Host, Miss American Pageant 1955-79, various game shows
Parrish, Robert. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 5/17/1936. [unconfirmed].
child actor : Our Gang shorts, City Lights, Academy Award for Film Editing 1947
Payne, Sonny. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 4/20/1939. [unconfirmed].
jazz drummer
Phelps-Hall, Julie. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 3 /4/1937. [confirmed].
nightclub singer, wife of Martin Revson of Revlon Corporation
Randolph, John. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 2/16/1936. [unconfirmed].
Hollywood blacklist, 1987 Tony Award, Broadway : The Sound of Music, Film : Prizzi's Honor
Raymond, Sid. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 11/3/1935, 12/22/1938 and 3/9/1944. [confirmed].
voice actor (Baby Huey, Heckle and Jeckle, Katnip the Cat), radio actor Duffy's Tavern
Resnik, Regina. aka Regina Resnick. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 11/25/1937, 12/23/1937, 12/28/1939 and 3/2/1944. [confirmed].
opera singer, recording artist, Broadway, director
Ribla, Gertrude. aka Gertrude Ribler. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 9/22/1935. [confirmed].
opera singer
Rosselli, Jimmy. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 9/21/1944. [confirmed].
pop singer, recording artist
Rowan Summers, Andrew. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 1/20/1938. [confirmed].
dulcimer player, recording artist
Sills, Beverly. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 10/26/1939 and 6/26/1941. [confirmed].
opera singer, recording artist
Sinatra, Frank. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 9/8/1935 and 12/3/1936. [confirmed]. (Pictured with Bowes and the Hoboken Four, on the far right of photograph at right)
singer, recording artist, actor
Smith, Faye Elizabeth. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 7/25/1940. [unconfirmed].
Broadway : Brigadoon
Smith, Muriel. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 9/22/1938 and 4/27/1944. [confirmed].
singer, recording artist, Broadway, film
Stabile, Dick. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 6/3/1943. [confirmed].
bandleader, recording artist, jazz saxophonist
Storch, Larry. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 5/1/1941 and 10/14/1943. [confirmed].
character actor – TV, film, Broadway, voice actor
Vale, Jerry. Ted Mack Amateur Hour 1/4/1951. [confirmed].
pop singer, recording artist
West, Bernie. aka Rovinsky, Isadore. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 11/25/1943. [confirmed]
Emmy Award winning writer: All In the Family, The Jeffersons, Three's Company
Winchell, Paul. Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour 1/20/1938. [confirmed].
ventriloquist, Disney and Hanna-Barbera voice actor, inventor of the artificial heart
List compiled by Recorded Sound Section 2013 Junior Fellow LauraLaPlaca.
