People named Margaret Whiting

Margaret Margaret (Whiting) Hill of Ireland Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret (Whiting) Hill.

Margaret Anne Margaret Anne (Emery) Whiting of Pasc Australia, was married to William Whiting, and has children Graeme Anthony Whiting and Michael Thomas Whiting. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Anne Emery Whiting.

Margaret Rosetta Whiting of Australia was married to Roy Abraham Thomas Leadbetter in 1940. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Rosetta Whiting.

Margaret Whiting of Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Whiting.

Margaret Emma Whiting of Melbourne Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Emma Whiting.

Margaret Mary (Bourke) Whiting of Hotham West Australia, was married to George Whiting, and has children Daisy Maud Whiting and John Henry Whiting. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Mary (Bourke) Whiting.

Margaret Whiting of Melbourne Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Whiting.

Margaret Margaret (Roberts) Whiting of Beaufort Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Roberts Whiting.

Margaret Margaret (Spear) Whiting of Prahran Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Spear Whiting.

Margaret Mary (Bourke) Whiting of Hotham West Australia, was married to Edwin George Whiting in 1895, and has children Florence May Whiting, Edwin George Whiting, Leslie Fran Whiting, Edwin George Whiting, Florence May Whiting, and John Whiting. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Mary (Bourke) Whiting.

Margaret A (Speer) Whiting of Roke Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret A (Speer) Whiting.

Margaret Whiting Birth name Margaret Eleanor Whiting Born July 22, 1924 Detroit, Michigan, United States Died January 10, 2011 (aged 86) Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. Genres Jazz, traditional pop Occupation Singer Years active 1942–2010 Labels Capitol, Dot, Verve, London, Audiophile, DRG Margaret Eleanor Whiting (July 22, 1924 – January 10, 2011) was an American popular music and country music singer who gained popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. Biography Whiting was born in Detroit, but her family moved to Los Angeles in 1929, when she was five years old. Her father, Richard, was a composer of popular songs, including the classics "Hooray for Hollywood", "Ain't We Got Fun?", and "On the Good Ship Lollipop." 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 Capitol Records and signed Margaret to one of Capitol's first recording contracts. Whiting's first recordings were as featured singer with various orchestras: "That Old Black Magic", with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra (1942) "Moonlight in Vermont", with Billy Butterfield's Orchestra (1943) It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. "It Might as Well Be Spring", with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (1945) In 1945, Whiting began to record under her own name, making such recordings as: "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") "Guilty" (1946) "Pretending" (1946) "Oh, But I Do" (1946) "A Tree in the Meadow" (a number 1 hit in the summer of 1948) "Slippin' Around", a duet with star Jimmy Wakely (a number 1 hit in 1949) "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (duet with Johnny Mercer, 1949) "Blind Date", a novelty record with Bob Hope (1950) "Far Away Places" (1949) "Silver Bells" (duet with Jimmy Wakely, 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 Dot Records in 1957 and to Verve Records in 1960.[6] 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 #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 Buddy Bregman, Frank DeVol, Russell Garcia, Johnny Mandel, Billy May, Marty Paich, Nelson Riddle, Pete Rugolo, and Paul Weston. Whiting co-starred on the 15-minute musical programs The Jack Smith Show and Club Fifteen. She also was a vocalist on The Eddie Cantor Show and was in the cast of The Philip Morris Follies of 1946 and The Railroad Hour. Additionally, she was hostess on the Spotlight Revue and a featured singer on the transcribed Barry Wood Show. She also appeared in the part of a young Sophie Tucker, in the Lux Radio Theater production "No Time For Heartaches". Margaret and Barbara Whiting starred as themselves in the situation comedy Those Whiting Girls. The show, produced by Desilu Productions, aired on CBS as a summer replacement series (in place of I Love Lucy) between July, 1955 and September, 1957. Margaret Whiting was a regular guest on variety shows and talk shows 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 Bob Hope Show, The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Tony Martin Show, The David Frost Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, The George Jessel Show, The Guy Mitchell Show, The Jonathan Winters Show, The Merv Griffin Show, The Mike Douglas Show, The Nat King Cole Show, Over Easy, The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, The Patti Page Show, The Red Skelton Hour, The Steve Allen Show, The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Texaco Star Theater, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Virginia Graham Show, and The Voice of Firestone. In 1960, Whiting appeared as Vinnie Berkeley in one of the last episodes, "Martial Law", of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Colt .45. Paul Picerni 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 Entermedia Theatre 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 documentaries about singers and songwriters of her era, including Judy Garland: By Myself (2004), Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee (2004), Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007), Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009), The Andrews Sisters: Queens of the Music Machines (2009) and Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010). 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 (December 29, 1948 – divorced August 18, 1949) Lou Busch, a ragtime pianist known as "Joe 'Fingers' Carr" (divorced; one daughter, Deborah, born 1950) John Richard Moore, a founder of Panavision (married 1958 – divorced) Jack Wrangler (John Stillman), 1970s and 1980s gay pornography film actor; married when Whiting was 70 and he was 48 (1994 – April 7, 2009; his death from emphysema) Death Whiting died on January 10, 2011, aged 86, from natural causes at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey.

Margaret Elizabeth (Whiting) Hampton of Footscray Australia, was married to Joseph Hampton, and has a child Alice Gertrude Hampton. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Elizabeth (Whiting) Hampton.

Margaret E Whiting of Wakefield, Washington County, RI was born on October 31, 1924, and died at age 83 years old on August 15, 2008. Margaret Whiting was buried at Rhode Island Veteran Memorial Cemetery Section E-1 Row 10 Site 397 301 South County Trail, in Exeter.

Margaret Isa Margaret Isa (Whiting) Talbot of Mildura Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Isa Whiting Talbot.

Margaret Margaret (Armstrong) Whiting of Box Hill Australia, was married to Campbell Willi Whiting, and has a child Elizabeth Whiting. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Armstrong Whiting.

Margaret Margaret (Mcnamee) Whiting of Wind Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Mcnamee Whiting.

Margaret Margaret (Burke) Whiting of Hotham West Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Burke Whiting.

Margaret Louise Whiting of Broa Australia was born in 1936 to Humphrey James Whiting and Louise Sarah Whiting. Margaret Whiting died at age 48 years old in 1984 in Broa.

Margaret May Whiting of Park Australia was born in 1894, and died at age 71 years old in 1965 in Park.

Margaret Whiting of Prahran Australia was born in 1885 to Cash Daniel Whiting and Julia Daley Whiting. She had a sister Annie Waterhouse. Margaret Whiting died at age 77 years old in 1962 in Prahran.

Margaret Whiting of Camberwell Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Whiting.

Margaret Ann Whiting of Kerang Australia was born in 1822, and died at age 82 years old in 1904 in Kerang.

Margaret Whiting of Bfort Australia was born in 1823 to Roberts John Whiting and Ann Edwards Whiting. Margaret Whiting died at age 72 years old in 1895 in Bfort.

Margaret Whiting of Australia, was married to Frederick Sa Whiting, and has a child Frederick Whiting. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Whiting.

Margaret Whiting of Australia was born in 1851 to William Whiting and Hannah Baker Whiting. She had siblings Sarah Emma Whiting, Margaret Whiting, Margaret Whiting, Helen Whitney, William Whiting, and William Whiting. Margaret Whiting died at age 9 years old in 1860.

Margaret Rosetta Whiting of Gisborne Australia was born in 1918 in Gisborne. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Rosetta Whiting.

Margaret Sarah Whiting of Melbourne Australia was born in 1871 in Melbourne. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Sarah Whiting.

Margaret Whiting of Collwood Australia was born in 1861 in Collwood. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Whiting.