Ketty Lester
Currently Active
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1934 — Present
Singer, actress
Personal Info
- Born
- Aug 16, 1934
- Age
- 91
- Birth Place
- Hope, Arkansas, U.S.
LEGACY & ORIGINS
Background information
Born Revoyda Frierson
August 16, 1934 (age 91)
Hope, Arkansas, U.S.
Genres R&B
Occupations Singer, actress
Instrument Vocals
Years active 1957–present
Labels Era, RCA, London
Ketty Lester (born Revoyda Frierson; August 16, 1934) is an American singer and actress known for her 1961 hit single "Love Letters", which reached the top 5 of the charts in the US and the UK. She is also known for her role as Hester-Sue Terhune on the American television series Little House on the Prairie. In 2022, she was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame.
Ketty Lester was born Revoyda Frierson on August 16, 1934 in Hope, Arkansas. Her parents, Pearl and Arthur Frierson, were farmers who would eventually have a total of fifteen children. As a young child, Lester first sang in her church, and later in school choirs. She won a scholarship to study music at San Francisco State College, and in the early 1950s, she began performing under the name "Ketty Lester" in the city's Purple Onion club. She later toured Europe and South America as a singer with Cab Calloway's orchestra.
Lester (as Revoyda Frierson) appeared as a contestant on the December 26, 1957, episode of You Bet Your Life, hosted by Groucho Marx. Lester sang "You Do Something to Me". The chosen category was "Mother Goose", a subject she admitted knowing nothing about; George Fenneman fed the correct answers to her, and she and her partner won $1,000.
Born Revoyda Frierson
August 16, 1934 (age 91)
Hope, Arkansas, U.S.
Genres R&B
Occupations Singer, actress
Instrument Vocals
Years active 1957–present
Labels Era, RCA, London
Ketty Lester (born Revoyda Frierson; August 16, 1934) is an American singer and actress known for her 1961 hit single "Love Letters", which reached the top 5 of the charts in the US and the UK. She is also known for her role as Hester-Sue Terhune on the American television series Little House on the Prairie. In 2022, she was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame.
Ketty Lester was born Revoyda Frierson on August 16, 1934 in Hope, Arkansas. Her parents, Pearl and Arthur Frierson, were farmers who would eventually have a total of fifteen children. As a young child, Lester first sang in her church, and later in school choirs. She won a scholarship to study music at San Francisco State College, and in the early 1950s, she began performing under the name "Ketty Lester" in the city's Purple Onion club. She later toured Europe and South America as a singer with Cab Calloway's orchestra.
Lester (as Revoyda Frierson) appeared as a contestant on the December 26, 1957, episode of You Bet Your Life, hosted by Groucho Marx. Lester sang "You Do Something to Me". The chosen category was "Mother Goose", a subject she admitted knowing nothing about; George Fenneman fed the correct answers to her, and she and her partner won $1,000.
Life & Career Details
Background information
Born Revoyda Frierson
August 16, 1934 (age 91)
Hope, Arkansas, U.S.
Genres R&B
Occupations Singer, actress
Instrument Vocals
Years active 1957–present
Labels Era, RCA, London
Ketty Lester (born Revoyda Frierson; August 16, 1934) is an American singer and actress known for her 1961 hit single "Love Letters", which reached the top 5 of the charts in the US and the UK. She is also known for her role as Hester-Sue Terhune on the American television series Little House on the Prairie. In 2022, she was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame.
Ketty Lester was born Revoyda Frierson on August 16, 1934 in Hope, Arkansas. Her parents, Pearl and Arthur Frierson, were farmers who would eventually have a total of fifteen children. As a young child, Lester first sang in her church, and later in school choirs. She won a scholarship to study music at San Francisco State College, and in the early 1950s, she began performing under the name "Ketty Lester" in the city's Purple Onion club. She later toured Europe and South America as a singer with Cab Calloway's orchestra.
Lester (as Revoyda Frierson) appeared as a contestant on the December 26, 1957, episode of You Bet Your Life, hosted by Groucho Marx. Lester sang "You Do Something to Me". The chosen category was "Mother Goose", a subject she admitted knowing nothing about; George Fenneman fed the correct answers to her, and she and her partner won $1,000.
Born Revoyda Frierson
August 16, 1934 (age 91)
Hope, Arkansas, U.S.
Genres R&B
Occupations Singer, actress
Instrument Vocals
Years active 1957–present
Labels Era, RCA, London
Ketty Lester (born Revoyda Frierson; August 16, 1934) is an American singer and actress known for her 1961 hit single "Love Letters", which reached the top 5 of the charts in the US and the UK. She is also known for her role as Hester-Sue Terhune on the American television series Little House on the Prairie. In 2022, she was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame.
Ketty Lester was born Revoyda Frierson on August 16, 1934 in Hope, Arkansas. Her parents, Pearl and Arthur Frierson, were farmers who would eventually have a total of fifteen children. As a young child, Lester first sang in her church, and later in school choirs. She won a scholarship to study music at San Francisco State College, and in the early 1950s, she began performing under the name "Ketty Lester" in the city's Purple Onion club. She later toured Europe and South America as a singer with Cab Calloway's orchestra.
Lester (as Revoyda Frierson) appeared as a contestant on the December 26, 1957, episode of You Bet Your Life, hosted by Groucho Marx. Lester sang "You Do Something to Me". The chosen category was "Mother Goose", a subject she admitted knowing nothing about; George Fenneman fed the correct answers to her, and she and her partner won $1,000.
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