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Margaret Whiting(1924-2011)

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Margaret Whiting was the daughter of Richard A. Whiting, himself a successful songwriter and author of "On The Good Ship Lollipop", "The Japanese Sandman" and "Ain't We Got Fun?" and the sister of actress/singer Barbara Whiting.

Born July 22,1924 in Detroit, she began singing as a small child and, by the age of seven, signed with Johnny Mercer, the popular songwriter and founder of Capitol Records, for whom her father worked. She was a popular vocalist in the 1940s and 1950s, recording dozens of hits for Capitol Records, launched by her father and two partners. She was the first artist to be engaged by the label, where she began recording in 1942. She served as President of the Johnny Mercer Foundation, and she continued her work as a performer of Mercer songs. In the early 1940s, her hits included "That Old Black Magic" (with Freddie Slack), "Moonlight in Vermont" (with Billy Butterfield) and "It Might As Well Be Spring" (with Paul Weston). Between 1946-54, she had more than 40 solo hit tunes for Capitol. After stints with Dot Records and Verve Records and, a brief return to Capitol in the late 1950s and the early 1960s, she recorded for the London label beginning in 1966.

In the late 1990s, she appeared in the Broadway musical "Dream" (1997) and in the PBS broadcast The Songs of Johnny Mercer: Too Marvelous for Words (1997). Under her own name in late 1945, she recorded the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II composition "All Through The Day", which became a bestseller in the spring of 1946, and "In Love In Vain", both of which were featured in the film Centennial Summer (1946). She also had hits with songs from the Broadway musicals "St. Louis Woman" and "Call Me Mister" in 1946. Those first recordings under her name were made in New York. In late 1946, she returned to California and began recording there, with Jerry and His Orchestra--"Guilty" and "Oh, But I Do" were the best-selling results of that session. Her hit streak continued in 1948-49.

Due to a musician's strike in the US, orchestral tracks were recorded outside of the country and vocals added in US studios. Whiting supplied vocals to tracks cut by 'Frank DeVol' (q) and His Orchestra, including "A Tree In The Meadow", a #1 hit in the summer of 1948, recorded in London. Her next #1 song occurred in 1949 with "Slipping Around", one of a series of duet recordings made with country/western singer and cowboy star Jimmy Wakely. Also during that year, Whiting recorded a duet with Mercer, "Baby, It's Cold Outside". In 1950, she had a hit with "Blind Date", a novelty record made with Bob Hope and Billy May and His Orchestra.

Whiting continued recording for Capitol into the mid-1950s, until her run of hits dried up. She left the company in 1958 for Dot Records but achieved only one hit there. She switched to Verve Records in 1960 and recorded a number of albums, including one with jazz vocalist Mel Tormé. A brief return to Capitol was followed by a hiatus, after which Whiting signed with London Records in 1966, where she recorded her last two charting pop singles. Her recordings continued to appear on the easy listening charts into the 1970s. Whiting was still recording in the early 1990s and performing in cabaret and concerts. She died on January 10, 2011 (aged 86) in Englewood, New Jersey.
BornJuly 22, 1924
DiedJanuary 10, 2011(86)
BornJuly 22, 1924
DiedJanuary 10, 2011(86)
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Margaret Whiting circa 1950s

Known for

Barry Gibb, Peter Frampton, Maurice Gibb, and Robin Gibb in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
4.2
  • Our Guests at Heartland
  • 1978
Meryl Streep and Amy Adams in Julie & Julia (2009)
Julie & Julia
7.0
  • Soundtrack("Time After Time")
  • 2009
Charlize Theron and Tobey Maguire in The Cider House Rules (1999)
The Cider House Rules
7.4
  • Soundtrack("My Ideal")
  • 1999
The Right Stuff (1983)
The Right Stuff
7.8
  • Soundtrack("Faraway Places")
  • 1983

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Actress

  • Taking My Turn
  • Sentimental Journey (1984)
    Sentimental Journey
  • Jack's Trade
  • Barry Gibb, Peter Frampton, Maurice Gibb, and Robin Gibb in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • Natalie Wood and Jacques Sernas in Camera Three (1955)
    Camera Three
  • Valley of the Dolls (1967)
    Valley of the Dolls
    • (singing voice, uncredited)
  • Wayde Preston in Colt .45 (1957)
    Colt .45
  • Dan Simmons in Those Whiting Girls (1955)
    Those Whiting Girls
  • Martha Hyer, Frank Parker, Forrest Tucker, Dick Wesson, Barbara Whiting, Margaret Whiting, and The Sportsmen Quartet in Paris Follies of 1956 (1955)
    Paris Follies of 1956
  • Ruth Terry in Youth on Parade (1942)
    Youth on Parade
    • (uncredited)

Additional Crew

  • Jack Wrangler in Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon (2008)
    Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
  • Richard Fraser and Brenda Joyce in Thumbs Up (1943)
    Thumbs Up
    • (uncredited)

Soundtrack

  • Godfather of Harlem (2019)
    Godfather of Harlem
  • Sarah Paulson in Ratched (2020)
    Ratched
  • Hollywood (2020)
    Hollywood
  • The Professor's Scary Movie Show (2015)
    The Professor's Scary Movie Show
  • Eryn Wilson, Tim W. Kelly, David Van Horn, Fraser Brown, Shara Connolly, Phil Brown, Emmett Skilton, Chelsie Florence, Ben Van Lier, Phil Peleton, Ian Bell, Matt Whelan, Andrew Blair, Adam Jonas Segaller, Alexandra Corin Johnston, Akira Matsumoto, Jade Albany Pietrantonio, and Holly Shervey in American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017)
    American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story
    • (uncredited)
  • Grace and Frankie (2015)
    Grace and Frankie
  • Hayley Atwell in Agent Carter (2015)
    Agent Carter
    • (uncredited)
  • American Horror Story (2011)
    American Horror Story
    • (uncredited)
  • Hemlock Grove (2013)
    Hemlock Grove
  • Marilyn Monroe in Love, Marilyn (2012)
    Love, Marilyn
  • L.A. Noire (2011)
    L.A. Noire
  • Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010)
    Michael Feinstein's American Songbook
  • Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)
    Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
  • Meryl Streep and Amy Adams in Julie & Julia (2009)
    Julie & Julia
  • Ben Kingsley and Penélope Cruz in Elegy (2008)
    Elegy
    • ("Loneliness Ends with Love")

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    • July 22, 1924
    • Detroit, Michigan, USA
    • January 10, 2011
    • Englewood, New Jersey, USA(natural causes)
    • Jack Wrangler1994 - April 7, 2009 (his death)
  • Other works
    In the early 1940s her hits included "That Old Black Magic" (with Freddie Slack), "Moonlight in Vermont" (with Billy Butterfield), and "It Might As Well Be Spring" (with Paul Weston).
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    Daughter of composer Richard A. Whiting.
  • Quotes
    On growth: The one thing I've learned in this business -- and in this life -- is: whenever you say, nothing is going to happen - something happens.

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