Ketty Lester
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Ketty Lester (born Revoyda Frierson, 16 August 1938, Hope, Arkansas) is an American singer and television actress, who is probably best known for her 1962 hit single, "Love Letters", which reached the Top 5 of the charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
Lester began her singing career after studying music at San Francisco State College and performed in the city's Purple Onion club in the early 1950s. Later she would join Cab Calloway's orchestra on a European tour. After a brief stint in an off-Broadway production entitled Cabin in the Sky, she was signed to Era Records which released "Love Letters". The song would become a big seller in both the United Kingdom and the United States, and reach Number #2 on the Billboard R&B chart.
Also in 1962, Lester would collaborate with American R&B singer Betty Everett, and the duo released the album, Betty Everett & Ketty Lester.
Lester would later establish herself as a television actress in the 1970s and 1980s. She played the roles of 'Helen Grant' in the soap opera, Days of Our Lives from 1975 to 1977, and 'Hester-Sue Terhune' on the NBC television series Little House on the Prairie from 1978 to 1983.
