Patti Pickens

	Patti Pickens Patti Pickens (1917 – November 16, 1995) was an American performer. Pickens was born in Macon, Georgia. With her sisters Jane Pickens and Helen Pickens, she performed as part of the Pickens Sisters in the 1930s. They also appeared in the short comedy film ''20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang''. Pickens was in the musical ''Thumbs Up!'' staged from December 1934 into 1935. Pickens appeared on the cover of the September 1936 issue of ''Popular Songs Magazine''. She married Robert Simmons of the Revelers in 1937. She retired from show business in the 1950s to raise her family. She returned to the stage in the 1970s. Pickens died in 1995. Filmography ''20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang'' (1933) ''Sitting Pretty (1933 film), Sitting Pretty'' (1933) ''Rambling 'Round Radio Row #7'' (1933) References External linksFindagrave entry 20th-century American singers 20th-century American actresses {{DEFAULTSORT:Pickens, Patti 1917 births 1995 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Macon, Georgia Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is located southeast of Atlanta and lies near the geographic center of the state of Georgia—hence the city's nickname, "The Heart of Georgia". Macon had a population of 157,346 in the year 2020. It is the principal city of the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a population of 233,802 in 2020. Macon is also the largest city in the Macon–Warner Robins Combined Statistical Area (CSA), a larger trading area with an estimated 420,693 residents in 2017; the CSA abuts the Atlanta metropolitan area just to the north. In a 2012 referendum, voters approved the consolidation of the governments of the City of Macon and Bibb County, thereby making Macon Georgia's fourth-largest city (just after Augusta). The two governments officially merged on January 1, 2014. Macon is served by three interstate highways: I-16 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jane Pickens Jane Pickens Hoving (10 August 1907 – 21 February 1992)DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 216-217. was an American singer on Broadway, radio and television for 20 years and later an organizer in numerous philanthropic and society events. She was the musical leader of the Pickens Sisters, a trio born on a Georgia plantation that reached national stardom in the 1930s with its own radio show, concert tours, and records. Pickens Sisters The daughters of Mr. and Mrs. P.M. Pickens, the Pickens sisters, Grace, Jane, Helen (1910–1984), and Patti (1914–1995), were born in Macon, Georgia, and grew up there and in Atlanta. Beginning when the girls were ages 4, 6 and 8, their parents taught them to harmonize. Their father, a cotton broker, played the piano and their mother sang. At first the sisters sang for friends, then at churches and schools. The family moved to P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	20,000 Cheers For The Chain Gang ''20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang'' is an extant musical comedy film released in 1933. It was directed by Roy Mack. The 20-minute film is about escaped prisoners trying to break back into a jail where condition have improved dramatically. The film was written by A. Dorian Otvos and Cyrus Wood. It is a spoof of the 1932 film '' I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang''. and ''20,000 Years in Sing Sing''. It is a Vitaphone film. Cast Patti Pickens Jerry Bergen Jerry Bergen was a comedic actor and performer. He was in numerous films and television shows and he also performed on the vaudeville circuit. ''The Chicago Sunday Tribune'' called him "one of the funniest men in the world". He hosted his own short ... * Jane Pickens * Helen Pickens * Charles Herbert (actor) * James Baskett, uncredited References {{Reflist 1933 comedy films Films about prison escapes American parody films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sitting Pretty (1933 Film) ''Sitting Pretty'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical comedy film that tells the story of two aspiring but untalented songwriters played by Jack Oakie and Jack Haley. They are joined by Ginger Rogers and Thelma Todd on their trip from New York City to Hollywood to find their fortune. This film was directed by Harry Joe Brown and featured the Pickens Sisters as themselves. Plot Cast Jack Oakie as Chick Parker Jack Haley as Pete Pendleton Ginger Rogers as Dorothy Gregory Ratoff as Tannenbaum Thelma Todd as Gloria Duval Lew Cody as Jules Clark * Jerry Tucker as Buzz * The Pickens Sisters The Hundred Hollywood Honeys Hale Hamilton as Vinton * Walter Walker as George Wilson Kenneth Thomson as Norman Lubin William Davidson as Director Lee Morgan as Assistant director Harry Revel as Pianist Mack Gordon as Song publisher Arthur Jarrett Virginia Sale Virginia Sale (May 20, 1899 – August 23, 1992) was an American character actress whose career spanned six de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1917 Births Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's Desert Column. * January 10 – Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months. * January 11 – Unknown saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland (modern-day Lyndhurst, New Jersey), one of the events leading to United States involvement in WWI. * January 16 – The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million. * January 22 – WWI: United States President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Germany. * January 25 WWI: British armed merchantman is sunk by mines off Lough Swilly (Ireland), with the loss of 354 of the 475 aboard. An anti- prostitution drive in San Francisco occurs, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]