TV Guide (May 28, 1954)

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LU ANN SIMMS POUTS, SHRIEKS, FLOUNCES AND HAS H_Y* W ERE IT NOT for Arthur God¬ frey’s TV kiddie parties—danc¬ ing, singing and games—40 million viewers might have been forever de¬ prived of knowing Lu Ann Simms. This could not be predicted for other members of the troupe—Frank Parker, whom many people had known and respected before the phe¬ nomenon of the fabulous Mr. God¬ frey; or even Marion Marlowe and The Mariners. But Little Lu, a small girl with a non-spectacular voice, un¬ doubtedly would be back home in Rochester, N. Y., selling records over the counter. When Lu Ann Ciminelli first saw the lights of New York City, it was from City Island, a fishermen’s hang¬ out in The Bronx. Her aunt owned a restaurant there and as a gag one night, the visiting niece sang a few songs with the band. A diner, inter¬ ested by the child (she was 19, looked What Godfrey said La Rosa didn't have.