Patsy Garrett a dance recital at age four, Garrett had her own children's radio show in Richmond, Virginia by age seven. At the age of seventeen, Garrett was a regular on Fred Waring's national radio show ""Pleasure Time"" as a comic singer from 1938 to 1945. During this time, she was approached by Cole Porter to promote a ballad ("Begin the Beguine") which he had written for a new musical. In 1981, Garrett was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award recognizing her achievements within the entertainment industry as a child actress and singer. In
Albertina Rasch a "ballet" in which only her hands could be seen to the Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz song "Dancing in the Dark". Rasch also helped establish Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine" as a popular standard by choreographing it to an ethnic dance in "Jubilee" (1935). Additional Broadway credits include "The Three Musketeers", "Show Girl", "The Bohemian Girl", "The Great Waltz", and "Lady in the Dark". Rasch served as choreographer and/or dance director for a number of musical films, including "The Merry Widow" (1934) with Jeanette MacDonald and Maurice Chevalier, "Broadway Melody of 1936" (1936) with Jack Benny and Eleanor Powell,