Molly Bee Dies....

[monmouth]

Former teen country star Molly Bee dies
Published: 2/11/09, 3:06 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Molly Bee, who became an overnight country music star when she recorded the 1952 novelty hit "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," has died in California from complications following a stroke.

Bee died Saturday at a hospital in Oceanside, her manager, Rick Saphire, told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Saphire says Bee was 69 and had been in failing health for several months.

Bee was just 10 when she began her music career, singing the Hank Williams' classic "Lovesick Blues" on country star Rex Allen's radio show. Three years later she released "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus."

[hamsterjill]

1. Sorry to hear that!

I love that song!

[Vincardog]

2. RIP Molly Bee

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. MOLLY BEE????

Jesus, I remember her from The Pinky Lee Show.

I am now officially older than dirt.......................

[monmouth]

5. Oh yeah, I know just how you feel, I was a little girl when she made that record..LOL..n/t

[Lydia Leftcoast]

7. I remember her from the Pinky Lee Show and the Tennessee Ernie Ford Show

For you youngsters who don't remember the 1950s, that's Molly singing a duet with Tennessee Ernie Ford.

I'm older than dirt, too.

[snappyturtle]

4. Aw....sad. I didn't realize she was so young when she recorded

"I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus". My sister and I had a little, red, as I recall, 78rpm record of that...I was five years old and I recall the lyrics confused me! HA!

[MADem]

6. Holy shit. She was sixty nine years old? Time sure flies.

Still, that's too young to go.

[GigiMommy]

8. R.I.P. Molly Bee

Loved your song.