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L A. Speed Riggs

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This actor appeared in the following radio shows

Series	Episode title	Date
jack benny program	guest show	1944-11-05
jack benny program	the english butler	1945-12-23
jack paar show, the	childrens adventure shows	1947-07-13
jack paar show, the	singing cowboy parody	1947-07-27
jack paar show, the	bbc radio show parody	1947-08-31
jack paar show, the	breakfast foods	1947-09-07
jack paar show, the	interview with beauty contest loser	1947-09-14
jack paar show, the	this is america	1947-09-21
jack benny program	seventh hole at hillcrest country club	1947-10-26
jack benny program	from cleveland palace theater	1948-06-20
jack benny program	last show for n b c	1948-12-26
Your Hit Parade	first song ive got my love to keep me warm	1949-03-19
Your Hit Parade	first song sunflower	1949-03-26
Your Hit Parade	first song someone like you	1949-04-02
Your Hit Parade	first song red roses for a blue lady	1949-04-09
Your Hit Parade	first song room full of roses	1949-11-12
jack benny program	from palm springs guest bob hope	1950-03-26
jack benny program	fifty cents to a bum	1950-04-09
jack benny program	jack buys a new suit for his publicity tour	1950-05-07
jack benny program	how jack found rochester with amos andy	1950-12-03
jack benny program	guest show	1951-01-28

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Riggs, L. A. Speed (birth name was Lee Aubrey Riggs) Born in North Carolina 2/18/1907; died 2/1/1987 of heart failure in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Riggs was selected by American Tobacco Company's President George Washington Hill to provide the tobacco auction chant for the Lucky Strike radio commercials beginning in 1938 on Your Hit Parade, later for programs including The Jack Benny Show for NBC; Your Lucky Strike (The Don Ameche Show) for CBS (1948-1949).

Clark

Riggs continued airing his auctioneers chant, ending with "Sold American!" until tobacco advertising was banned from radio and television in 1971. In later years, he founded an organization called Your Community Fund, that was devoted to training young people in job skills to earn a living.

Clark

L A. Speed Riggs

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