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Doree and Bill Post - Songwriters and musicians. Doree
and Bill Post were popular personalities on KFH in
1953-1954. At age 19, Bill Post left his family farm
west of Arkansas City and headed for New York City.
The year was 1939, and Post had only $100 earned from
the wheat harvest in his pocket. He planned to audition
in New York to appear on that day's version of
"American Idol." It was a nationally broadcast radio
program called "Major Bowes' Amateur Hour." Post
auditioned but didn't make it. Though he didn't win an
audition as a young Frank Sinatra he did take the first
step in an exciting musical career as a singer-
songwriter. Post, now 86, can boast of many
accomplishments, including being the composer of
Kansas' official state march, "Here's Kansas." Though
Post worked in various entertainment jobs including as
a member of an Air Force special services unit that
entertained troops in India and Burma during World War
II, his career didn't take off until after he married
his first wife, Doree, in 1947. The couple formed a
songwriting team that produced several songs that were
recorded by nationally known artists including Connie
Stevens, The Lettermen, Eddie Cochran, Bobbie Vee and
Lawrence Welk. Bill wrote the lyrics and Doree wrote
the music. Through an agent, the two were booked as a
singing team to entertain for six hours a night at a
bar and restaurant in upstate New York. In Washington,
Bill Post arranged for him and Doree to audition for
the president of MGM Records. The audition was a
success and the couple signed a contract to do several
records -- "Peace in the Valley," "The Auctioneer's
Love Song," and "I Wish We Were Sweethearts 50 Years
Ago." The latter two were written by the Posts. One
day, the Posts learned that Warner Brothers Records
were looking for possible songs for Connie Stevens to
perform. She was coming to town the next week, he said.
Stevens recorded the Posts' song, "16 Reasons," which
became the biggest hit the couple made, he said. It was
featured in the 2001 movie, "Mulholland Drive." In 1961,
Doree died of cancer. The couple had lived in California
then but were planning to move back to Kansas. Doree is
buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
