Margaret Whiting
Margaret Whiting ( born July 22, 1924 in Detroit, Michigan, † January 10, 2011 in Englewood, New Jersey) was an American singer of jazz and pop standards, as well as country music.
Life and work
Whiting's father, Richard A. Whiting was a noted composer of popular songs in the United States; her sister, Barbara Whiting was also a singer. Already in her childhood her talent was recognized and she sang with seven years for Johnny Mercer, with which her father had worked. In 1942 she began her recording career in the newly founded label Capitol Records. In the following years she recorded a number in the charts of successful songs like That Old Black Magic with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra (1942 ), Moonlight in Vermont with Billy Butterfield's Orchestra ( 1943) and It Might as Well Be Spring by Paul Weston and His Orchestra (1945 ). In 1945 she played records under his own name as the hits All Through the Day ( 1945); In Love In Vain (1945 ) Guilty (1946 ) or A Tree in the Meadow, which is a number -one hit in the United States in 1948. In the duet miit Bob Hope followed in 1950 Blind Date with Jimmy Wakely Christmas song Silver Bells (1956). Whiting took until the mid-50s for Capitol on, then switched to Dot Records in 1957 and 1960 to Verve Records. From 1957, she also appeared in various television shows and had roles in movies such as 1977 in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. In 1966 she returned to Capitol Records sublabel London and took on their last hit, The Wheel of Hurt, which reached # 1 in the Easy Listening singles chart.
In 1966, she recorded the song It hurts to say goodbye to, however in 1968 his greatest success had adieu in the French version of Françoise Hardy Comment te dire.
She continued her career continued until well into the 1990s.
Whiting was married four times, most recently with the 2009 late actor Jack Wrangler.