Kenny Roberts

George S. Kingsbury Jr. better known as Kenny Roberts, was an American country music singer. He is best known for his recordings of "I Never See Maggie Alone" and "Choc'late Ice Cream Cone", and was a member of The Down Homers with Bill Haley.

Life and career Roberts was born in Lenoir City, Tennessee, United States, He started in music at the age of 11, when he organized a band consisting entirely of young harmonica players. Later, he learned to play guitar and then bass fiddle and violin. In the early 2000s, a set of 1946 radio recordings by the Down Homers were discovered, and Haley is named and performs the solo number "She Taught Me to Yodel."

Roberts signed a recording contract with Coral Records in 1949, a division of Decca. It sold a million copies. He followed with other hits including "River of Tears," "I've Got the Blues," "Yodel Polka," "She Taught Me to Yodel," and "Hillbilly Style." ) "The Jumping Cowboy". The popular black-and-white show featured Roberts singing and playing guitar as he hosted children in the studio, and presented cartoons. His best known locally performed songs were "Cheer Up, (Things Could Be Worse)" and the poignant Hank Williams tribute song "Sing Me A Hurtin' Song" (A/B of a 45 record on Bethlehem Records ). The program stayed on the air for about five years. Roberts moved back to Dayton in the early 1970s, and later, moved back to Massachusetts. He played concerts in the region, and released an album for Palomino around 1980, followed by Longhorn's "Then and Now," which combined historical cuts with new recordings.

Though essentially retired, he continued to give concerts around the Northeast throughout the decade.

Roberts died in April 2012 in Athol, Massachusetts, aged 85.