[78-L] Margaret Young and her niece
Julian Vein
julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Sun Jul 19 15:36:14 PDT 2009
Taylor Bowie wrote:
>> 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
>
>
> _______________________________________________
...and he'd worked with Billie! Slept with her by all accounts too....
Julian Vein
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