[78-L] Margaret Young and her niece

[Taylor Bowie]

>
> And she had a niece who had a few hit records as well (I find her boring 
> but
> maybe that's her charm).
>
> dl


Pod'ner,  them's fightin' words.  Margaret Whiting was the first singer I 
started collecting...due to finding some of her black label Capitols, of 
which my first was her super version of   "Come Rain or Come Shine."   And 
her earliest records such as Moonlight in Vermont are flawless to my 
untrained but enthusiastic ear.

I saw her here in Seattle at a club gig about 25 years ago...just her and 
piano.   She sang a lot of her Dad's tunes,  superbly,  a short version of 
her dull hit "Faraway Places" and finished with an encore of "I'll Remember 
April"  which was some of the best singing I've ever heard.

She wasn't flashy but she was a great singer.  I once had a little chat with 
the piano player Jimmy Rowles and he said she was the best singer he'd ever 
worked with.

Taylor