Willie Tyler (2)

American ventriloquist and comedian. He is usually billed as Willie Tyler & Lester. Born September 8, 1940. Willie began to see Ventriloquists like Paul Winchell, on TV .He started performing in Detroit, Michigan at the age of ten. While still in grade school he took a correspondence Ventriloquist course from a Popular Mechanics magazine Ad. Between school and delivering newspapers, Willie would find time to perform in variety shows and talent contests. This is where he developed his craft. After four years in the U.S. Air Force Willie returned to Detroit and a few years later signed with the Motown Record Corporation. For the next eight years he and Lester toured with all the Motown greats “Smokey Robinson & The Miracles”-“ Diana Ross and The Supremes”-“The Temptations”-“ Little Stevie Wonder”-“Marvin Gaye,” and the “The Four Tops”, just a few of the up and coming musical artists.