Marion Mann (born Marion Mann Bateson, September 9, 1914 – October 11, 2004) was an American singer with
Bob Crosby’s Orchestra and Bob Cats from 1938 to 1941.
Mann was born in
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...
on September 9, 1914.
Before singing professionally, she gained a reputation in Columbus as a star swimmer.
Mann was discovered by Emerson Gill in early 1933 and began using the stage name Marion Mann. In December of that year, while traveling with Gill's orchestra to perform at the
Zembo Shrine Building, and Mann billed as the main attraction, the car Mann was in skidded into a pole. She was hospitalized with a punctured scalp, a fractured collarbone and pelvis, a dislocated hip, and shock.
Mann's work with Gill brought her enough notability to be hired by Bob Crosby and by
Jan Garber.
After her tenure with Bob Crosby ended, she worked on ''
Don McNeill's Breakfast Club'' from 1942 to 1947. She was also on the radio shows
Club Matinee
''Club Matinee'' is an American old-time radio variety show. It was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network from 1937 to 1943 and on ABC from 1945 to 1946.
Format
''Club Matinee'' featured comedy and music, with the two sometimes combined in the form of ...
and Weekend Cruise.
She recorded some
Musicraft sides in 1945 with Jose Bethancourt and his Orchestra.
Mann died in
South Bloomingville, Ohio on October 11, 2004, at the age of 90.
References
External links
Discography compiled by Dicsography of American Historical Recordings
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1914 births
2004 deaths
20th-century American singers
20th-century American women singers
Singers from Ohio