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"Screening TV--'Stingiest Man'"
''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. Retrieved October 18, 2020.Leahy, Jack (April 30, 1961)
"Sing and Be Healthy"
''New York Daily News''. Retrieved October 18, 2020.D'Arcy, Jeanne (July 21, 1961)
"Tips On Stage Poise"
''The Record''. Retrieved October 18, 2020. Born in Washington, D.C., Madigan attended Catholic University.

Career

In 1954, Madigan was rated "the newer female vocalist

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the greatest chance to become one of the top female vocalist names" in a poll of disc jockeys conducted by ''

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''. That year, she appeared on ''The

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Hour'', '' The Dave Garroway Show'', and ''

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''. In 1956, she portrayed Martha Cratchitt in a 1956 episode of ''

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'' called "The Stingiest Man in Town," a musical adaptation of

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. Madigan performed on ''

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'' in 1957, and on ''

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'' on 1958. A description of Madigan in a 1959 issue of '' Gramophone'' said that she sounds like

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and also resembles her. In November 2018,

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released a two-CD compilation of her singles recorded between 1953 and 1961, totaling 58 songs,. Sepia Records also released a CD containing two of her albums, "Am I Blue?" and "The Jerome Kern Songbook"

Personal life

Madigan lives in

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, where she is socially active.

Hit records

*"Joey" (1954) (peak position on ''

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'' No. 22) (released by

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as catalog number 11716, with the flip side "And So I Walked Home") *"Always You" (1954) (released by

as catalog number 11812, with the flip side "That Was My Heart You Broke") *"Dance, Everyone, Dance" (1958) – US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 No. 31 (released by

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as catalog number 62007, with the flip side "My Symphony of Love")

References

External links

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Career

Personal life

Hit records

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