[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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