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WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST
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IDA JAMES (Penny) was recently in the cast of "Laffing Room Only." Born in Providence, she grew up in Philadelphia, and did her first vocalizing on radio programs in that city. Erskine Hawkins engaged her to sing with his band when she was sixteen, and she remained with it for three years. Then she journeyed to the West Coast for "Meet the People." Her latest engagement was at Cafe Society Downtown.

THELMA CARPENTER (Henny) was first heard on several "kiddie hour" radio programs in which she participated while a student at the Girls' Commercial High School in Brooklyn. The response she received encouraged her to become an entertainer. As a result of an amateur night appearance at the Apollo, in Harlem, she was engaged first for a Greenwich Village night club revue and then as a singer with Teddy Wilson's band. She was chief chanteuse for Coleman Hawkin's band for a time and for many months toured with Count Basie's orchestra, filling radio, motion picture and recording assignments as well. A few months ago, she became a headliner at Le Ruban Bleu, where she was seen and heard by John Wildberg and Vinton Freedley.

The quintet known as the DELTA RHYTHM BOYS met as students at Willard University, New Orleans, in 1938, where they were all studying music at the college of liberal arts. They began swinging the classics for the fu of it. Their versions proved so popular that they were soon performing them at college functions. During their senior year, an Argentine radio official invited them to broadcast in Buenos Aires for a series of programs lasting four months. Following a tour of the Latin-American countries, they returned here to join the cast of "Sing Out the News." Since that time, they have appeared in "The Hot Mikado," made innumerable recordings, about a dozen motion pictures, have been seen and heard in numerous night clubs and vaudeville houses, and have built up a large radio following. Identifying them by name, they are: Lee Gaines, bass; Keley Pharr, baritone; Travers Crawford, second tenor; Rene DeKnight, piano, and Carl Jones, first tenor.

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