Fred Waring

Pembroke Davenport (1911–85) was Waring's pianist and arranger. (The show was 60 minutes long until January 1952 and 30 minutes thereafter. She started out working with Fred Waring at the height of his popularity (so yes this is going back quite a way).

Fredrick Malcolm Waring (June 9 1900 – July 29 1984) was a popular musician bandleader and radio-television personality sometimes referred to as "America's Singing Master" and "The Man Who Taught America How to Sing.