Betty Clooney
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| Born |
Elizabeth Ann Clooney April 12, 1929 Maysville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | August 5, 1976 (aged 47) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Brain aneurysm |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Spouse(s) |
Pupi Campo (m. 1955–76; her death) |
| Children | 4 |
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| Website | Rosemary Clooney Palladium website |
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Betty Clooney (April 12, 1929 – August 5, 1976) was an American singer, TV presenter and pioneer who briefly rose to fame in the 1950s with sister Rosemary Clooney. She led a very brief solo career, with songs like "Kiki" and "You're All I See". She married actor and musician Pupi Campo in 1955, and they had several children.
Elizabeth Ann Clooney was born on April 12, 1929 in Maysville, Kentucky to Andrew Clooney (October 13, 1902 – August 27, 1974) and Marie Frances Clooney (née Guilfoyle; March 25, 1904 – December 13, 1972). She was the second of three children, her older sister was Rosemary Clooney (1924–2002) and her younger brother was Nicholas Jack Clooney (born 1934).
Her father was a house painter who drank a lot, and had a troubled marriage with his wife. Frances divorced Andrew Clooney in the late 1930s, and Frances remarried William Stone in 1939 and they had one daughter Gail in 1945. Frances & Bill lived in Oakland, California.
The family resided in the John Brett Richeson House in the late 1940s. Clooney's paternal grandfather sang in his mayoral election campaigns, which he won three times. The two sisters were close.
Rosemary and Betty Clooney were a close sister act, and sang together. The family lived in Cincinnati in the early 1940s, where the girls continued to vocalize. In 1945, the sisters won a spot on Cincinnati's WLW Radio Station as singers. One day they were heard by bandleader Tony Pastor. The bandleader originally hesitated on hiring both sisters, but soon relented and so The Clooney Sisters hit the road with the Pastor band. They appeared in a movie short with the Pastor Orchestra in 1947. The Clooney Sisters recorded a number of songs for Columbia with the Tony Pastor Band like "The Secretary Song", "I'm My Own Grandpa", and "If I Had A Million Dollars".
In 1948, Rosemary was called to New York City to record "Come On-a My House" and Betty returned home to Cincinnati. She became a television pioneer on the city's first station, WLWT. Not only was she a featured singer on the station's main program (called The 50-50 Club and broadcast on TV as well as radio), she also hosted her own shows called "Teen Canteen" and "Boy Meets Girl".
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