Helen Grayco (née Greco; September 20, 1924 – August 20, 2022) was an American singer and actress active from the 1930s to the 1960s.

[4] She had five brothers; John, Ralph, George, Anthony, and James, and five sisters; Mary, Carmella, Katherina, Theresa and Elizabeth.

The siblings were raised in the Roman Catholic faith of their parents,[5] Italians who had emigrated to the United States from Lamezia Terme, Calabria.

[3] In 1932, at age eight, Grayco sang on The Carnival Hour, a variety show on radio station KHJ in Los Angeles.

[8] In 1935, after her collaboration with Crosby ended, Grayco appeared in a non-speaking part in a scene with Allan Jones in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film A Night at the Opera starring the Marx Brothers.

Her big break came when she began travelling with Stan Kenton's band while still in high school.

Grayco first met bandleader Spike Jones in 1946 while she was performing at the Hollywood Palladium.

[5] In a 2009 interview, Grayco had this to say about her first meeting with Spike Jones: He asked to see me after the show and offered me a job.

The group was known for its legitimately "pretty" music in contrast to the City Slickers, who were known for their crazy way of performing.

[8] She appeared with Jones and his City Slickers on The Colgate Comedy Hour and The Red Skelton Show.

[13] Grayco married Spike Jones on July 18, 1949,[5] in Beverly Hills, California.

[citation needed] In 1968, she married Bill Rosen, who owned a restaurant named Gatsby's in New York City.