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unusual facts about Morton Downey, Jr.



Hit of the Week Records

-- Eddie Cantor's lone disc was a "Special", not part of the HoW series --> Morton Downey and Rudy Vallee.

Morton Downey

Morton Downey was the father of the right-wing television personality Morton Downey, Jr., by his first wife, actress Barbara Bennett (1906–1958), the sister of actresses Constance and Joan Bennett, and with whom he ultimately had five children, four sons and a daughter: Michael, "Sean" (John Morton Downey, Jr), Lorelle, Anthony and Kevin.

The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise

Initially, when the song's hopeful sentiment appealed to post-war North America, it was recorded by both singers and instrumentalists, including Morton Downey, Fritz Kreisler, Ted Lewis, and John Steel.


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