Imogene Lynn: Imogene Lynn. Soundtrack: Mother Wore Tights. One of the sweetest-sounding thrushes of the swing era, as well as one of the prettiest, Imogene Lynn began her performing career in 1940 with Emerson Gill's Bamboo Gardens Orchestra in Cleveland. After two years and including other stints with society bands, she joined the drummer Ray McKinley as featured vocalist and became the first wife of one of the band's key sidemen, the...
Known For: Mother Wore Tights (Soundtrack("You Do", "Silent Night, Holy Night" (uncredited), "Swinging Down the Lane" (uncredited))), Jumping Jacks (Soundtrack("I CAN'T RESIST A BOY IN A UNIFORM")), Li'l Abner (Soundtrack("It's a Typical Day", "Namely You", "I'm Past My Prime", "(I Wish It Could Be) Otherwise"))