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Also known as Margaret Eleanor Whiting

American recording artist; singer

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Works
2

Top works

  • Too marvelous for words
  • It might as well be spring

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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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Eleanor
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Detroit
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
Image
Margaret Whiting and Bill Eythe at the Hollywood Bowl, 1946 (cropped).jpg
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Margaret Whiting
date of birth
1924-07-22
date of death
2011-01-10
cause of death
disease
start of work period
1942-00-00
birth name
Margaret Eleanor Whiting
name in native language
Margaret Whiting
end of work period
1991-00-00
manner of death
natural causes
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