Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton (February 26, 1921 – March 11, 2007) was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedian, dancer and singer.
Early life and education
Hutton was born Elizabeth June Thornburg in Battle Creek, Michigan. She was the daughter of a railroad foreman, Percy E. Thornburg (1896–1939) and his wife, Mabel Lum (1901–1967). While she was very young, her father abandoned the family for another woman. They did not hear of him again until they received a telegram in 1939, informing them of his suicide. Along with her older sister Marion, Betty was raised by her alcoholic mother, who took the surname Hutton and was later billed as the actress Sissy Jones.
The three started singing in the family's speakeasy when Betty was 3 years old. Troubles with the police kept the family on the move. She attended Central High School in Lansing, Michigan. They eventually landed in Detroit. (On one occasion, when Betty, preceded by a police escort, arrived at the premiere of Let's Dance (1950), her mother, arriving with her, quipped, "At least this time the police are in front of us!") Hutton sang in several local bands as a teenager, and at one point visited New York City hoping to perform on Broadway, where she was rejected.
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- The Very Best Of released: 2009
- Hollywood's Blonde Bombshell released: 2008
- The Best of the RCA Years released: 1996
The Very Best Of
Released 2009- Don't Tell Me That Story
- Back Home
- The Musicians
- Hit the Road to Dreamland
- I Took the Long Way Around
- Goin' Steady
- Doctor, Lawyer Indian Chief
- Whole World in His Hands
- Murder, He Says
- Basin Street Blues
- Rose Room
- Rock and Roll Shoes
- Search My Heart
- Somebody Loves Me
- The More I Go Out With Somebody Else
- Banana Boat (Oomba-Oomba-Oomba)
- Jealous (with Pat Morgan)
- I'm Nobody's Baby
- This Must Be the Place
- Dixie Dreams
- Satins and Spurs
- How D'Ye Do and Shake Hands
- It's Oh So Quiet!
- Broke, Bare-Foot and Starry-Eyed
- Sleepy Head
- How Long (Blues)
- Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)
- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
- Chicken Hawk
- Love Him
- Who Kicked the Light Plug (Out of the Socket)
- She's a Lady
- He's a Demon - He's a Devil - He's a Doll
- Lazy Man
- It Had to Be You
- Mister Banjo Man
- My Cutey's Due at Two-To-Two Today
- That Teasin' Rag / Toddling the Todalo
- No Matter How You Say Goodbye
- The Hogwash Junction Function
- Heart Throb
- When the Saints Come Marchin' In
- Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad
- Orange Colored Sky
- The Honeymoon's Over
- Blackberry Boogie
- It's a Man
The Best of the RCA Years
Released 1996- It's Oh So Quiet
- Can't Stop Talking
- Orange Colored Sky
- What Did You Put in That Kiss
- Igloo
- The Jitterbug
- On the Other End of a Kiss
- It's a Man
- That's the Kind of Guy I Dream Of (You Should See the Kind That I Got)
- Wherever There's Me -- There's You
- It's Lovin' Time
- Walkin' Away With My Heart
- Who Kicked the Light Plug (Out of the Socket)
- Murder, He Says
- My Fickle Eye
Born: 1921-02-26
Died: 2007-03-11
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At the Saints & Sinners Ball
by: Betty HuttonOomba-oomba-oomba, Banana Boat
Take me, take me far away
Send your boat amigo
And when you float amigo
Float me to the USA
I see big white boat come in today, Si?
I go to boat and I say, Si?
Send your boat amigo
And when you float amigo
Float me to the USA
Oomba-oomba-oomba, Banana Boat
Take me, take me to the USA
Oomba-oomba-oomba, Banana Boat
Things are not so cool in San Jose
I will sell my chickens and my Nanny goat
Then I'll pay you what you say
Send your boat amigo
And when you float amigo
Float me to the USA
How many pesos to New York, please?
You think they like me in New York, please?
I have nice maracas, I shake my maracas
Maybe then they let me stay
If I had a pen I'd write New York a note
Friendly neighbor on her way
Send your boat amigo
And when you float amigo
Float me to the USA
I got the figure to succeed, Si?
And look is guaranteed, Si?
When they want some lovin'
I'll be just like an oven
I have just what Yankee need
Oomba-oomba-oomba, Banana Boat
Take me, take me to the USA
Oomba-oomba-oomba, Banana Boat
Things are not so cool in San Jose
I will sell my chickens and my Nanny goat
Then I'll pay you what you say
Send your boat amigo
And when you float amigo
Float me to the USA
Float me to the USA
Float me to the USA