Louanne Hogan

American actress and popular vocalist who was also a member of The Pied Pipers in 1951 and The Merry Macs. Born: July 25, 1919 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Died: January 23, 2006 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA (age of 87). She started her show business in the early 1930's singing with Terry Shand's Orchestra. A few years after, She dubbed in many movies from 1943 - 1948, several of which for Jeanne Craine and Joan Leslie, as well as Cinderella Jones in "State Fair" in 1945. During her career she sang with many big bands, among them Johnny Green (1938), Terry Shand (1939), Carl Hoff (1940), Kay Kyser (1941), Tommy Dorsey (1944), Russ Morgan (1949), and Harry James (1950). In the 1950's, she sang with the Pied Pipers, Vic Damone, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and the Merry Macs. She was with the Pied Pipers in 1951 and recorded the album "Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue" with The Merry Macs in 1955.