Helen O'Connell (b. May 23, 1920, in Lima, Ohio – September 9, 1993, in San… Read Full Bio ↴Helen O'Connell (b. May 23, 1920, in Lima, Ohio – September 9, 1993, in San Diego, California) was a singer, actress, and dancer.
Helen O'Connell joined the Jimmy Dorsey band in 1939 and achieved her best selling records in the early forties with "Green Eyes", "Amapola", and "Tangerine". In each of these Latin-influenced numbers, Bob Eberly crooned the song which Helen then reprised in an up-tempo arrangement. Helen won the 1940 Metronome magazine poll for best female vocalist. She was one of the first "girls" on NBC's The Today Show, and at one point had her own television show.
Helen retired from show business upon her first marriage in 1943. Helen had four daughters and eight grandchildren. When the first marriage failed, she embarked on a solo career in 1951, achieving some chart success and becoming a regular television performer. Helen has married a total of four times.
She co-hosted the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants with Bob Barker from 1972 to 1980.
In her last marriage, she was married to arranger/conductor/composer Frank De Vol when she died in San Diego, California from a battle with hepatitis C resulting in primary liver cancer (hepatoma).
Helen O'Connell joined the Jimmy Dorsey band in 1939 and achieved her best selling records in the early forties with "Green Eyes", "Amapola", and "Tangerine". In each of these Latin-influenced numbers, Bob Eberly crooned the song which Helen then reprised in an up-tempo arrangement. Helen won the 1940 Metronome magazine poll for best female vocalist. She was one of the first "girls" on NBC's The Today Show, and at one point had her own television show.
Helen retired from show business upon her first marriage in 1943. Helen had four daughters and eight grandchildren. When the first marriage failed, she embarked on a solo career in 1951, achieving some chart success and becoming a regular television performer. Helen has married a total of four times.
She co-hosted the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants with Bob Barker from 1972 to 1980.
In her last marriage, she was married to arranger/conductor/composer Frank De Vol when she died in San Diego, California from a battle with hepatitis C resulting in primary liver cancer (hepatoma).
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Green Eyes
Helen O'connell Lyrics
Amapola A boy found a dream upon a distant shore A maid…
Brazil Brazil, where hearts were entertaining june We stood beneath…
Embraceable You Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you! Embrace me, you irrepl…
Green Eyes Those green eyes with their soft light Those eyes that promi…
Jim Why am I sitting alone tonight, when I could be out…
Not Mine It's somebody else's moon above, not mine It's somebody els…
Star Eyes Star eyes, That to me is what your eyes are, Soft as…
Tangerine Tangerine, She is all they claim With her eyes of night an…
Time Was Time was when we had fun On the school yard…
When The Sun Comes Out When the sun comes out And that rain stops beatin' on…
Yours Yours till the stars lose their glory Yours till the birds…