Mary Kaye Trio: Lonesome Road / Smile Awhile Today / Get Happy

[@mymixture965]

She is totally forgotten today and what a shame. Amazing music, I love it and have the records in my collection.

[@Playedback]

So great to spot Clark Yocum there in the male vocal quartet in the 1st and 3rd number (2nd from left). Clark was a member of the famous Pied Pipers vocal quartet from 1940 into the 1960s 🤩😎 Thanks for posting this!

[@loverman7989]

The legendary Fender Stratocaster🎸

[@0Imtheslime0]

There was no Fender Custom Shop in 1956. It was founded in 1987.

[@jpalberthoward9]

I've seen the Fender ad with her in it countless times, but this is the first time I've ever heard her. She's great! The ol' Stratocaster had quite a life before Hendrix. The guy who played guitar for Lawrence Welk also played one. His name was Buddy Merrill. He had some really awesome country chops, and he did lots of other stuff besides Lawrence Welk.

[@10044thousnd]

Beautiful voice...Mary has

[@BravoSusan]

What a treasure this group was. Loved seeing them often so many years ago in Lake Tahoe and Reno. Thank you for preserving these moments.

[@agronbach]

So cool to see them in action. Wish I was alive back then when they were performing.

[@sandaglad]

These clips are from a 1956 movie called "Cha-Cha-Boom!"

[@brianbrock5257]

She gets such a great sound out of that original Mary Kaye Strat even without it being pluggeg in!

[@caseyjl949]

I just heard of this woman! God bless you Mary Kaye! I just wish she did like a sweet solo.

[@bennyjazzful]

WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From a 73yo Aussie fan.

[@NuttyCookie333]

Just checking in on Mary. Sure miss her!! What an act!!

[@ozflyer1]

That's awesome in every aspect of the word..!!

[@misspaddylee]

I just love them! Thanks so much.

[@beejay2850]

She was descended from the last reigning monarch of Hawaii. What a talent!

[@USRoute66]

Absolutely fantastic!

[@zarchy55]

This is freakin' awesome! Thanks for posting!

[@marmadukewinterbotham2599]

The Strat has the old bridge cover I see. I bought a new Strat in the 1970s and it also came with the standard push-on chrome bridge cover. Fender are re-releasing a Mary Kaye Strat for 2020, I'm tempted to order one.

[@AlaanPlacenciaTimoteo]

ALUCINANTE La primera Strato

[@mikem4905]

She's the Lady that that the famous "Mary Kay" Fender Stratocaster guitar was nicknamed after! Translucent white finish and gold hardware, Wow! She plays that model in this video!

[@JohnKayeOverlords]

Wireless too! Lol

[@srebak]

Mary's Strat is not a custom shop...It is a very early Fender Strat that Leo and/or his men built way back in the early 50's...Remarkable music and musicians without any auto-tune...

[@TheTanty080]

frank ross is my dads cousin, one of the best guys you could ever meet

[@community1949]

This wonderful underrated singer sang Boy on a Dolphin. Julie London who was better known got credit for this song but it was Mary Kaye's version that was in the movie.

[@transtremm]

Rockin' on the custom Strat!

[@Kohntarkosz]

That's right. The story was she told Don Randall, who was one of the sales guys at Fender who asked her to do the photo with the white Strat, she wouldn't mind doing the photo, but she didn't want to give up playing her D'Angelico. She claimed she didn't know about her name being connected to those classic Strats until decades later. Eventually, Fender gave her a Strat similar to the one she's playing here, and I guess that's what she used for the last years of her performing career.

[@jimstokes6742]

They also did radio jingles and IDs, as I seem to recall.

[@1seriousgearheadify]

I want that guitar

[@TylerVanner]

Shame it's not in colour ;love the gold hardware on that Strat.

[@nealixd.3011]

+Tyler Vanner Right on, I turned one of my Strats into a Mary Kaye with all gold hardware. It looks really cool. God bless and RIP, Ms. Mary Kaye, she was a class act with a tremendous voice also.

[@TylerVanner]

I also have a Mary Kaye Strat#

[@nealixd.3011]

+Tyler Vanner cool beans.

[@peterwilson7490]

Mary Kaye is John Kaye's (Steppenwolf) mother! I heard that from him at NAMM two years ago.

[@Noisehead101]

Peter Wilson Wrong John Kaye. The guy from Steppenwolf is called John Kay without the E. The Steppenwolf guy was born in Germany to German parents and his real name is Joachim Krauledat. Mary Kaye's son John Kaye is a different guy and is responsible for the rare classic Psychedelic record "Suddenly One Summer" under the name J.K & Co.

[@nealixd.3011]

+Lazarus Solomon Right on. Steppenwolf JK's parents were a German mother and Ukranian soldier in the German Army. His Dad barely survived and came back from the eastern front fighting against the Russians at the end of WWII, under conditions of fleeing and retreat form the advancing Russian Army if I recall correctly. His Dad might have been one fine, strapping lad, looking at how big John Kay is! And considering he survived the brutal Eastern Front. Last I looked into it, he was still going strong in his music and looked really healthy like he had been taking care of himself, unlike a lot of rockers, etc.

[@bakerrorick]

The John Kaye that Peter met at NAMM is Mary Kaye's NEPHEW, son of Mary's brother Norman, bassist in the MK Trio. But, that John Kaye also "played" John Kay in one of the two "Steppenwolf"s that were on the road in the late '70s. Thus the confusion.

[@TheReneex]

Before Bruno Mars, there was Don Ho. Before Don Ho, there was The Mary Kay Trio!

[@tduffy001]

talk about Retro.. that strat is probably worth a million bucks by now.

[@massimor2670]

hello, an information: I don't see cable connected to the guitar ... why? And anyway the guitar is not heard.

[@Barnekkid]

This is the only vid I've seen of her playing her strat.

[@rolom3]

I'd love to know the year of this... The 50s?

[@davehopping7212]

Probably not much later than the middle '50s.

[@stude1953]

She was awesome! If that strat would have been plugged in they would have had to use 100 ft. of cord! Also note the lucky rabbits foot hooked where her bottom strap would have been on the strat.

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

...and the strap tied to the headstock.

[@coldpepperson]

its funny how guitars are not plugged to an amp in those recordings

[@jpalberthoward9]

They also used to put tape over the logo on the headstock sometimes, to hide the name. Guitar culture was still in its infancy in those days.

[@MrJeffphoenix]

It's time for her grandson to step the the plate ;)

[@Kohntarkosz]

Look carefully. The guitar isn't plugged in!

[@5656bigsteve]

Hmmmm? Extra long lead or amp on wheels?

[@jamesgordon9595]

I'VE HAD A MARY KAYE FENDER STRAT FOR A NUMBER YEARS / LOVE IT BUT NOT MY FAVORITE

[@ScottJones12stringscott]

shame they didnt even put a cord in the guitar to make it look like she was really playing. I know she was an amazing player

[@jpalberthoward9]

I noticed that too. They were still putting the strap up at the tuners in those days, and over time that can result in a bent neck that goes sideways. Sometimes very difficult to straighten. Nowadays, you could trade that guitar even for a house.

[@bobchristopher5842]

Noticed no cord plugged into the guitar as well. A class act of years gone by. Thank you.

[@wanderingraven]

this has to be the oldest playbacking on youtube. epic music though

[@conanthedestroyer7123]

Buddy Holley's strat is my favorite.

[@michaeljones8058]

In "Smile a while" her guitar isn't even plugged in!

[@clintleekile4830]

you meant "get happy"

[@davestambaugh7282]

Fender let her borrow the guitar for certain performances but did not even give her one of the guitars that they used her name to sell. What cheap bastards!

[@davestambaugh7282]

Gibson only let Mary borrow the guitar. They were to cheap to give her one of her signature guitars at the time.

[@imaxdigital7052]

Fender?

[@davestambaugh7282]

@@imaxdigital7052 Oops!

[@BRLaue]

Dave Stambaugh She didn’t like the strats, she preferred her D’Angelicos.

[@spigaxsabbath6793]

I wont that guitar....

[@tickmann]

Fender didn't even give her that Stratocaster.. later nicked named after her... Bad form Fender!

[@babetteleblanc7620]

tickmann - she didn’t like it. She loved her D’angelico far more.

[@BRLaue]

Babette LeBlanc That is true. I knew her because my uncle played trumpet and trombone behind her. She didn’t like the feel of them and the fact she couldn’t feel any vibrations.

[@ronvonryan]

Playing? with no guitar lead? in those days? I don't think so.

[@teiltje]

What a fake appearance! A play-back show is fun entertainment but this particular strat was only used as a promotion object, not as a musical instrument.