Kay Martin
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Kay Martin was a hotelier and ex-model, nightclub entertainer, and "party album" singer, who owned the Kay Martin Lodge in Reno, Nevada.
Born in Bakersfield, California and part Cherokee Indian,[1] modeling saw her featured in both Adam and Playboy magazines. She then met Jess Hotchkiss and Bill Elliott, who together established a nightclub act circa 1952,[1] billing themselves as "Kay Martin and Her Body Guards". The group later added Tony Bellson on drums.[2] Martin was married to Hotchkiss for a time as well.[3]
In between shows they recorded several live albums, their most popular being the 1962 Christmas album I Know What He Wants For Christmas... But I Don't Know How To Wrap It!. The songs ranged from covers of traditional songs to double entendre and jokey banter.
Martin left performing for a business life, becoming the proprietor of the Kay Martin Lodge with David Mullins in 1956.[4]
