Hidden No More | Ketty Lester talks Grammys and her career

[@KymberlyStewartMusic]

These stories are so important to hold and pass down to our next generations. I remember watching Ms Lester on Little House on the Prairie. Even as a young child I recognized an air of dignity about her.

[@BlessedNess9619]

Yes you’re right. I will be sharing this to my 22yr old daughter. The anthrax episode on Little House on the Prairie made me look into her.

[@RichardNixon-y3o]

Such a great singer and actress. She was wonderful in Little House in the Prairie.

[@dowanelawrence4012]

She has lived long.That's a blessing within itself.

[@Toywins]

Wow, she was and is absolutely STUNNING, and what a voice!

[@lesaalexander7386]

What a beautiful interview. Go Ms. Ketty!!!❤

[@gillchambers9008]

I still have the record and play it often

[@deniselampron9023]

Thank you for sharing your story. We love and respect you.

[@mrs.deeparker6934]

God bless you Mrs. Ketty 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤❤

[@Kimberly-pf4iy]

I remember growing up seeing Miss Lester in commercials, movies and TV shows. She gave a memorable performance as the ill-fated cabbie in the movie Blacula. She was very scary as a vampire. She also played a former girlfriend of Lamont on Sanford & Son. Another talented performer who should have gotten the recognition she deserved. God bless you, Miss Lester. Keep on keepin' on. 🎶

[@anthonybaker7433]

She's very funny and talented, she also played in house party movie,she said that's no turtle, that's a,ss lmmfao 😂😂😂

[@anthonybaker7433]

And God bless her 🙏

[@joetomasello3746]

She was Beautiful & so Talented!!

[@B_RealAlways]

You have my respect and admiration, Miss Lester. *EVERYTHING* you did you did it well, thank you!

[@ElizabethSnyder-Baldonado]

"Love Letters" as sung by this True Queen--best version of this wonderful song EVER!!!--has resonated in my heart & soul since the first time I heard it, way back then. Some music never gets 'old'. THANK YOU, dear lady. 🌟💓🎶💓🌟

[@observations007]

Very grateful to know her story! It’s unfortunate there are many more stories that are in the shadows.

[@chrish9207]

i love u babe 😀♥♥🎶 from chris in melbourne au (im a70 year old white boy)where has the time gone .... u r still as beautiful as ever

[@billwhite9703]

A lady with a lot of character, poise and class.

[@cupcakes7015]

Right 👍 6/3/2023

[@carlafaye1970]

My bestie’s aunt!! She’s still beautiful! Great interview!!

[@musicrocksoffical]

I love her too. I wish I could just talk to her once. Such a sweet lady.

[@janetfraser5411]

Absolutely a most beautiful performance!!, Ketty. Never stop loving it. From Aus.

[@slv-tv5290]

Wow. Thank you for sharing this

[@ah7910]

I am such a huge fan of hers, white gay dude from the UK, haha. She is utterly beautiful and that voice! I was mesmerised by 'Love Letters' the first time I heard the late pianist Beegie Adair perform it and ended up discovering Ketty on KZbin. It soon dawned on me that I'd grown up watching her on Little House On The Prarie! What a versatile and ridiculously talented trail-blazer. I know this is very shallow of me, but I can't believe she still looks THIS GOOD ! Her bone structure, her lack of wrinkles or fat. Sure, she has white hair... but some hair dye and some mascara and I imagine she'd look like she was in her 50s. Anyway, I am so grateful to THV11 for uploading this. Until a few years ago, there was very little of Ketty on KZbin - this recent video of her has made my day!

[@dew7545]

Graced with beauty on top of all that talent...❤

[@9ner4ever34]

Love ya Ketty ... what an icon to be appreciated. ❤😊 🌹

[@antdell8730]

What a beautiful woman ❤.

[@MARYSSON22]

Aunt Lucy still kickin' it ❤

[@ClaytonBryantSings]

Love Ms Ketty a Legend

[@ImFoolishTV]

this was a great story

[@Missmeohmy7]

Beautiful ❤❤ I adore Ms. Ketty Lester. I loved her movies 🎬 too. So nice to see her and hear this interview.

[@vanvanthegreat]

She is such a beauty❤

[@jeanpagnoni8355]

What a good soul. I loved her music.

[@bella_bella85]

I could sit and listen to Ms Ketty all day! Along with some tea and cookies. 😂❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@2s3s4s5s9s]

I'm watching Ms. Lester right now on my #1 show, "Sanford and Son." Absolutely gorgeous then and now! And she's sharp. So glad I decided to look her up and find this most worthy piece on her 😻❤!

[@drock6966]

Bless her heart ❤ From Sanford And Son, to Blacula, to Little House On The Prairie, and to House Party 2, I have been watching this fantastic woman perform. I wish her much more continued happiness and success 💕💕💕

[@slv-tv5290]

God bless her, I’m forever a fan

[@stevengoldstein7890]

This song was turning around in my head all day today for some reason a great song son with so much emotion and feeling it should surely have won a Grammy award it is a classic

[@danabarnes898]

I loved this story!!❤❤

[@Jason5818UI]

I remember her as Aunt Lucy on house party 3

[@yourluxxuryautoconcierge1303]

Sanford and Son. That's where I remember her from.

[@Chipdaddy40]

Beautiful through and through. What a blessing you have been to the world.

[@LizBond-oq2hg]

A fabulous story and what a beautiful woman and gifted singer. My Uncle Stan had Ms Lester's song Love Letters played at his funeral in Brisbane, Australia a few years back and I remembered it playing on the local radio. Now I've seen this short document I know why. Should have received the Grammy for the best record of the year at year. God bless Ms Lester.

[@lukeknowles5700]

Love Letters was such a lovely track. Happy for Ms. Lester that she had a rich career.

[@monicarichardson2086]

I did a melon carving of Ms Lester and she contacted me to say she loved it and thank you!!!!

[@navigatorjack6969]

What a "POSITIVE ROLE MODEL". 2024 needs more people like Miss Lester

[@user-kb5fd7ox4n]

Aunt Lucy's fashions! 😂 ❤❤

[@marliseisrael3017]

Still Beautiful 💗💗💗

[@msbknows]

I learned the word imbecile from Miss Lester! She called Blacula an imbecile in the movie with the same name and he immediately bite her. I still use this word today. Thanks Miss Lester. Such a beautiful lady.

[@deborahbarkins5664]

Beautiful queen

[@wandamedlin658]

I love you Ketty.I Respect you with the up most.What a Beautiful legacy, life.My favorite on The little house on the prairie.🙏❤️

[@pjoseph777]

One of my favorites singers and actresses. Great interview

[@nellyblybly8939]

Such a beautiful lady her sister taught at my school in Arkansas

[@Joe-zz5sp]

Im 71 and i could say honestly she is a very attractive old lady

[@limaclark8404]

Blessing to her I felt in love with her when I grew up watching little house on the prairie as a kid when my mom showed me the show for the first time ❤❤❤❤🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@MarianC-io1ls]

I watched her on Little House on the prairie I did not know all this about her until I seen this on KZbin wow what an amazing person wonderful singer absolutely beautiful inside and out I was so amazed to see this video about her I loved her so much and Little House on the prairie but to see this video kind of threw me off I was like oh my goodness I adore her sending so many hugs and so many kisses her way I wish her the very best in life she's amazing person

[@annelliot3330]

You are amazing, Ms. Lester!!

[@hummingbirdcity]

We respect you and what you've done, Ketty! You're a legend and we love you!

[@JaxonSmithers]

The woman in the red dress is gorgeous! I remember Ketty from her acting days on Little House, she was very good in that role, nice voice too.

[@acquanellaogbemudia9930]

Love you Ms. Lester forever Thanks for the Beautiful voice and Music God Bless you

[@randyboring6077]

I will carry the sound of her song and the class that she has as long as I live…..she should win a Grammy today ….( what a sweetheart) …

[@hildacox8656]

I love this song. God bless her.

[@BAM-jc7uy]

thank u Ketty Lester for the wonderful teen memories ur voice and songs like Love Letters evokes when I hear ur voice.

[@molan1967]

Beautiful soul! ❤ My favorite actress on Little House.

[@SDSOverfiend]

Who knew😁 Kid’s Aunt in House Party 3. I watched “Uptown Saturday Night” and notice her immediately. Only to find out she was a vocal powerhouse doing some research. She was oh so beautiful then and Still beautiful now‼️💙💐💯 A Legend who deserves her flowers.

[@dew7545]

Love Letters is one of my favorite songs of all time. Her version still gives me chills whenever I hear it.

[@jessicaboyd2596]

I Pray God Blesses her and grants her many more healthy years!! So Beautiful ❤💃❤️

[@chico1250]

I remember her growing up in Harlem, 129 st Love Letter's was played everywhere. HISTORIC

[@brendameredith5611]

Love that Lady!!! 🥰 ….so beautiful and very talented. ♥️♥️♥️

[@hassanburton669]

Aunt Lucy From House Party 3!

[@philipgermani1616]

After all these years, you have provided confirmation that indeed, that was Ketty Lester who portrayed Hester Sue on Little House on the Prairie. I loved that character, and really loved her song Love Letters!

[@hunghungarian5672]

Classy lady! Shame she’s only interviewed in February. One generation removed from slavery, it’s mind boggling that some people alive today actually met slaves. Never forget!

[@alanmorris7669]

Ketty Lester is so unsung, so underrated, and so unappreciated.

[@TS-tv2ik]

A gem!!!❤

[@robbiem4624]

I remember watching her on the little house on the prairie of reruns,

[@rogbrown1458]

Saw her in concert back in 1962. Rog. Pacific sunset records

[@roshellchisolm2690]

I love it

[@leggs83stowe53]

She is beautiful and a very talented actor and singer.

[@adedaramy5808]

A great singer, who made some incredible music

[@sassysizzle]

Stories of entertainers being financially cheated wasn't uncommon amongst inexperienced and black artists. The idea of her hit song achieving global success and not reaping the reward is shameful. However, it's wonderful that she continued in hry craft achieving success and still active. I hope her financials exceeded previous withholdings. May God continue to richly bless her diligence and health!🎉🎉🎉❤❤

[@seaor2k122]

She was a beautiful young lady.

[@indoorsyren3955]

She is so classy and elegant.

[@theresareynolds1084]

Just heard her sing, Stabd By Mel, in an episode of Little House on the Prairie. Holy spirt fell on me hearing this song.❤

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

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[@deborahscott3016]

Awesome ❤❤❤

[@Shtf132]

She was mentioned in Brian Eno's song "All I Remember" alongside Dee Clark and Bobby Vee

[@joeykremple]

Her version of Love Letters is special, really special, but remember that Lincoln wrote the sublime piano licks and Victor/Young the lyrics. And others the ensemble arrangement. Takes many to tango

[@BAM-jc7uy]

and her voice and tempo made it unique and will live on for decades as it has...even elvis with his perfect pitch couldn't quite replace who that song "belonged" to when he sang Love Letters.

[@pegatheetoo1437]

Love her song, 'Love Letters.' Elvis did a fantastic version, but I still like hers better!!

[@ayoochitown4438]

Aunt Lucy! (from House Party) ❤️❤️❤️

[@geraldwetzler876]

Great actor as well!

[@bobbyhenderson1987]

Uptown Saturday Night

[@mjadamci]

Loved her as Hester Sue!

[@kevaunmitchell1316]

What a legend

[@phylliskumi4355]

God bless her

[@helenbrooks242]

Classy lady ❤

[@roywillis2750]

miss Lester, your album Love Letter travelled the world with me as a merchant seaman. I have loved all of those tracks (they were my best friends ) and I remembered every word ! of the love stories of the tracks. Needless to say, the tracks I associated with my fiance, of the day. in the UK , but I often wondered WOW If I ever met the beautiful misS Lester .................phew ..SO I have a question. Would it be possible in this day and age to meet my idol from the 60's ? If so, I would do whatever to fulfill my dream xxx

[@marciprince3622]

I loved her in Little House

[@papagreenemusic]

Ketty Lester guesting on "You Bet Your Life" with Groucho Marx, telling an amusing story about how she abandoned studying to be a nurse after an anatomy class encounter with a corpse... She also sang on the show. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqjUhqShi56qorssi=4BSoNCdDa5W13zeQ

[@clapolla]

Everybody knows her song, "Love Letters."

[@M446]

Remember her as Bill cosby wife in uptown Saturday night . Bless Ms lester

[@southhillfarm2795]

I don’t think anyone sang this song better than Ketty.

[@billiechriss3827]

That ain’t Ninja Turtles, that’s ass…. IYKYK. Love me some Aunt Lucy

[@Elijah1076]

What happened to ketty lester's character juanita Jones from blacula?

[@bobbyhenderson1987]

Maya Angelou was a fox

[@Juliaflo]

I wonder if her family knew of another Hope, Arkansas family. Name a luminary from that family.

[@leeharrison7153]

Ms. Hester Sue😉

[@Vitamincontrol1]

House party 3 and Sanford and son

[@jadamirada]

Does Gov. DeSanders know you're doing all this Black History stuff? She may have you arrested. I, however, am cheering!! This is awesome!