Bill Rosen: Who Is Helen Grayco’s Second Husband?

Bill Rosen was the second husband of American singer and actress Helen Grayco. The pair got married following the pasing of Grayco’s first husband Spike Jones, who died on May 1, 1965 from emphysema(a lung condition that causes shortness of breath).

Grayco and Rosen got married in 1968. Rosen owned a restaurant named Gatsby’s in New York City and she moved to New York with him and later moved back to Los Angeles with him when he opened a restaurant called Gatsby’s in L.A.

Sadly, Rosen died in 2002. Grayco also sadly died in August 2022, 20 years after the death of Rosen.

Grayco was most famous for appearances with her first husband Spike Jones on The Spike Jones Show in the 1950s and the 1960s. She is also the mother of producer and Emmy recipient, Spike Jones, Jr. and Leslie Ann Jones, a Grammy award-winning recording engineer.

Grayco released her first single in 1949. Her two most memorable albums were After Midnight in 1957 and The Lady in Red in 1958. The latter was the last album she ever released.

Grayco continued to sing in various venues for about the next ten years. Her last public appearance was in 1968 on an episode of The Dean Martin Show.

In 1961, Grayco was the spokesperson for Kahlúa coffee liqueur. Her activities included a 13-week tour promoting the product.

Grayco also starred in the following movies;

• A Night at the Opera (Little girl at the piano; uncredited role) (1935),
• That Certain Age (Girl) (1938),
• Cha-Cha-Cha-Boom (Performer: “Lilly’s Lament (to Cell 29)”) (1956).