Margaret Whiting

Margaret Whiting
Singer

Margaret Eleanor Whiting was an American popular music and country music singer. Whiting was born in Detroit on July 22, 1924.
Her father, Richard, was a song composer. At the age of only seven she sang for singer-lyricist Johnny Mercer, with whom her father had collaborated on some popular songs. In 1942, Mercer co-founded Capitol Records and signed Margaret to one of Capitol's first recording contracts. She switched to Dot Records in 1957 and to Verve Records in 1960. Whiting returned to Capitol in the early 1960s and then signed with London Records in 1966.
Whiting died on January 10, 2011, aged 86.

Margaret Whiting Songs

* A Tree in the Medow (1948)

* My Own True Love (1948)

* Baby It's Cold Outside (1949)

* Slipping Around (1949)

* Broken Down Merry Go Round (1950)

* Let’s Go To Church (Next Sunday Morning) (1950)

* The Gods Were Angry With Me (1950)

* It Hurts to Say Goodbye (1966)

* The Wheel of Hurt (1966)

* I Almost Called Your Name (1967)

* Only Love Can Break a Heart (1967)

More About Margaret Whiting

Singers from left to right Liz Tilton, Yvonne King, Martha Tilton, Margaret Whiting, Jo Stafford, Peggy Lee and Donna King smile as they sit together on a sofa in 1945.