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With
a cast drawn from the best of
New York's Broadway community,
Songfully
Yours...!
celebrates the incomparable
Margaret Whiting and the music
and lyrics she made famous across
a seven-decade career of chart-topping
singles, a dozen Gold Records,
and world-wide television, stage,
and nightclub fame. "It
Might As Well Be Spring,"
"Moonlight in Vermont,"
"That Old Black Magic,"
"My Ideal," "Slippin'
Around," "A Tree in
the Meadow," and two dozen
more timeless classics are interspersed
with warm, witty, and insightful
anecdoates delivered by daughter
Debbi Whiting, the person who
knew Margaret best and loved
her most.
Additionally,
Margaret Whiting was "Hollywood
Royalty," the daughter
of composer Richard Whiting,
whose hits "Hooray for
Hollywood," "Beyond
the Blue Horizon," "On
the Good Ship Lollipop,"
and "Ain't We Got Fun"
also are included in Songfully
Yours...!
Originally produced at New York's
Carnegie Hall, the show brought
a sell-out crowd to its feet
in acclamation; it's the very
best of the Twentieth Century
Popular Songbook -- from Johnny
Mercer, Jerome Kern, Rodgers
& Hammerstein, and Frank
Loesser to Hank Williams, Peter
Allen, Carole Bayer Sager, and
Rupert Holmes.
Margaret
Whiting (1924-2011) was still
a teenager when lyricist Johnny
Mercer signed her to the legendary
Capitol Records. Across five
hundred subsequent songs, her
unique sound, emotive phraising,
and flawless intonation left
an indelible, incomparable,
personal impression on millions
of listeners. In later years,
she encouraged and embraced
both contemporary musicians
and singers while starring in
Broadway in the Johnny Mercer
retrospective, Dream, and on
tour with Rosemary Clooney,
Rose Marie, and Helen O'Connell
in Four Girls Four. Her extraordinary
achievements and bittersweet
personal life are recounted
with excitement and heart in
Songfully
Yours...!
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BOOKING
AGENT:
Wayne
J. Gmitter
Think
Iconic Artists Agency
1403
Madison Avenue
Bethlehem,
PA 18018
mobile:
917.209.1148
office:
610.419.8866
fax:
610.419.8867
wayne@thinkiconic.com
"a
beautifully produced
celebration
of the life and
music
of the
great Margaret Whiting"
"a
well integrated
history of her life"
"a
crackerjack evening;
fluid, splendidly
written,
industrial
strength warm"
"simply
superb"
click
here to download
the show postcard
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