Margaret Whiting
Margaret Whiting
Person from United States
Genres: traditional pop, vocal jazz, jazz, pop music, country music, 40s, female vocalists, swing
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About Margaret Whiting
Margaret Whiting (July 22, 1924-January 10, 2011) was an American traditional pop music singer in the 1940s and 1950s. Her musical talent may have been inherited; her father Richard Whiting, was a famous composer of popular songs. She also had an aunt, Margaret Young, who was also a singer and popular recording artist in the 1920s. In her childhood her singing ability was already noticed, and at the age of only seven she sang for singer-lyricist Johnny Mercer, with whom her father had worked on some popular songs. In 1942, Mercer started Capitol Records with two partners, and signed her as one of their earliest recording artists. Until the mid-1950s, she continued to record for Capitol, but as she ceased to record songs that charted as hits, switched to Dot Records in 1958 and to Verve Records in 1960. She came back to Capitol in the mid-1960s, then went to London Records in 1966. On London, Whiting landed one last major hit single in 1966, "The Wheel Of Hurt," which hit #1 on the Easy Listening singles chart. She continued to sing into the 1990s. During the 1950s, she was married to record executive Lou Busch, who also recorded semi-anonymously as the ragtime pianist Joe "Fingers" Carr. They had one daughter. Her late-life marriage to younger gay porn star Jack Wrangler raised many eyebrows. When they first began dating, he protested, "But I'm gay!" to which she replied, "Only around the edges, dear." She died on January 10, 2011 at the age of eighty-six.
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Margaret Whiting — Top 30 songs of 114
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Whiting | Make Someone Happy | ||
| Margaret Whiting | Make Someone Happy | ||
| Margaret Whiting | Believe in Me | ||
| Margaret Whiting | Have yourself a merry little Christmas | ||
| Margaret Whiting | Gods Were Angry With Me (& Jimmy Wakely) | ||
| Margaret Whiting | Time After Time | ||
| Margaret Whiting | The World Inside Your Arms | ||
| Margaret Whiting | Lazy Countryside | ||
| Margaret Whiting | My Ideal [1942] | ||
| Margaret Whiting | I Only Have Eyes For You | ||
| Margaret Whiting | I've Never Been In Love Before | ||
| Margaret Whiting | A Fine Romance | ||
| Margaret Whiting | All the Things You Are (Remastered) | ||
| Margaret Whiting | And the Angels Sing | ||
| Margaret Whiting | April Showers (Remastered) | ||
| Margaret Whiting | Don't Blame Me | ||
| Margaret Whiting | Forever and Ever (Remastered) | ||
| Margaret Whiting | If I Love Again | ||
| Margaret Whiting | It's Easy to Remember | ||
| Margaret Whiting | Laughing on the Outside | ||
| Margaret Whiting | Little Girl Blue | ||
| Margaret Whiting | The Lies of Handsome Men (Remastered) | ||
| Margaret Whiting | The Mistletoe Kiss Polka (Remastered) | ||
| Margaret Whiting | There's a Small Hotel | ||
| Margaret Whiting | Someone To Watch Over Me | ||
| Margaret Whiting | Blind Date | ||
| Margaret Whiting | But Not For Me | ||
| Margaret Whiting | Moonlight In Vermont | ||
| Margaret Whiting | Changing My Tune | ||
| Margaret Whiting | What Are You Doing New Years Eve (Remastered) |