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Margaret Eleanor Whiting (July 22, 1924 – January 10, 2011) was an American
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Margaret Whiting, Iconic Standards Singer, Dies at 86
. ''Billboard'', January 12, 2011.


Biography


Youth

Whiting was born in
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Margaret Whiting Dies at 86; pop singer mentored by Johnny Mercer
. ''Los Angeles Times'', January 13, 2011.
Her family moved to Los Angeles in 1929, when she was five years old. Her father,
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, was a composer of popular songs, including the classics "
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". Her sister,
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, was an actress (''
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'') and singer. An aunt,
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, was a singer and popular recording artist in the 1920s. Whiting's singing ability was noticed at an early age and at seven she sang for singer-lyricist Johnny Mercer, with whom her father had collaborated on some popular songs, including "Too Marvelous for Words". In 1942, Mercer co-founded
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and signed Margaret to one of Capitol's first recording contracts.


Recording career

Whiting's first recordings were as featured singer with various orchestras. In 1944, her version of " Moonlight in Vermont", with Billy Butterfield's Orchestra, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a
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. Other recordings included "
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and His Orchestra (1942) and "
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and His Orchestra (1945). In 1945, Whiting began to record under her own name. "
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" was a number 1 hit in the summer of 1948 and her duet with
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", was another number one hit in 1949 selling 1.75 million copies and she was titled "Queen of the Jukeboxes". Other recordings include: *"All Through the Day" (1945, becoming a bestseller in the spring of 1946) *"In Love in Vain" (1945) :(these two from the movie "Centennial Summer") *"
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" (duet with Johnny Mercer, 1949) *"Blind Date", a novelty record with
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(1950) *"
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, 1951) Until the mid-1950s Whiting continued to record for Capitol, but as she ceased to record songs that charted as hits, she switched to
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in 1957 and to
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in 1960. Whiting returned to Capitol in the early 1960s and then signed with London Records in 1966. On London, Whiting landed one last major hit single in 1966, " The Wheel of Hurt", which hit No. 1 on the Easy Listening singles chart. Her final solo albums were made for Audiophile (1980, 1982, 1985) and DRG Records (1991). Her distinguished conductors and musical arrangers through the years included
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, Russell Garcia,
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, Billy May,
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, and
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.


Radio career

Whiting co-starred on the 15-minute musical programs ''
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''.Dunning, John. (1998). ''On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio''. Oxford University Press. . She also was a vocalist on ''The Eddie Cantor Show'' and was in the cast of ''The Philip Morris Follies of 1946'' and ''
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''. Additionally, she was hostess on the ''Spotlight Revue''Terrace, Vincent (1981), ''Radio's Golden Years: The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs 1930–1960''. A.S. Barnes & Company, Inc. . P. 248. and a featured singer on the transcribed ''Barry Wood Show''. She also appeared in the role of a young Sophie Tucker in the January 13, 1957 ''
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'' presentation of "No Time For Heartaches".


Television career

Margaret and Barbara Whiting starred as themselves in the
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''Those Whiting Girls''. The show, produced by
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Productions, aired on CBS as a summer replacement series (in place of ''
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'') between July, 1955 and September, 1957. Margaret Whiting was a regular guest on
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throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, including '' Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town'', when the musical series focused on Whiting's hometown of Detroit; ''The Big Record'', ''The
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Show'', ''
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'', ''The Tony Martin Show'', ''The David Frost Show'', ''
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'', '' The Texaco Star Theater'', ''
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''. In 1960, Whiting appeared as Vinnie Berkeley in one of the last episodes, "Martial Law", of the
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was cast in the same segment as Duke Blaine. In 1984, Whiting appeared in the television musical movie ''Taking My Turn.'' It was basically a filmed version of the 1983 off-Broadway show in which she appeared. This ensemble show also included Marni Nixon, Tiger Haynes, and Cissy Houston among others. The music was composed by Gary William Friedman with lyrics by Will Holt. The revue was centered on issues regarding aging. The stage production opened at New York City's
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on June 9, 1983. It went on to win the 1984 Outer Critic's Circle Award for Best Lyrics/Music and was nominated for the 1984 Drama Desk Award for Best Musical (losing to Stephen Sondheim's ''Sunday In the Park With George''). A cast recording of the stage production was released and subsequently re-released on CD. In the 2000s, Whiting was interviewed in several
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about singers and songwriters of her era, including ''
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: By Myself'' (2004), ''Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee'' (2004), ''
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: Queens of the Music Machines'' (2009) and ''
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's American Songbook'' (2010).


Cabaret Master Teacher

From 1989 through 2001, Whiting was the Artistic Director of the annual Cabaret and Performance Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford Connecticut. With other performers such as Julie Wilson and Anne Francine as well as musical directors like Tex Arnold, she spent 10 days instructing selected professionals and amateurs in the cabaret performance process.


Marriages

Whiting was married four times, and had one child: *Hubbell Robinson Jr., a writer, producer, and television executive (married December 29, 1948 – divorced August 18, 1949) *
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, a ragtime pianist known as "Joe 'Fingers' Carr" (divorced; one daughter, Deborah, born 1950) *John Richard Moore, a founder of
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(married 1958 – divorced) *
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(John Stillman), 1970s and 1980s
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film actor (married 1994, when Whiting was 70 and he was 48 – until his death from emphysema April 7, 2009)


Death

Whiting died on January 10, 2011, aged 86, from natural causes at the
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in
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.


Discography


Albums


Singles

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References


External links


Margaret Whiting Interview
NAMM Oral History Library (1995)
Margaret Whiting DiscographyMargaret Whiting interviewed on the Pop Chronicles


Sources

* *Pop ranking from Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954, published in 1986 by Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. *Contributing artists from booklet with the "My Ideal" four CD set by Jasmine Records in 2007; confirmed by Time-Life Music tape set "Late 40s" released in 1991, and by Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954. Some Internet sources give Tex Beneke's orchestra as accompanying Whiting's hit, "A Wonderful Guy", but Beneke claimed Claire Chatwin was the singer on his version: see his album, "Here's To The Ladies Who Sang With The Band" – the latter can also be found
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