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Topic: Margaret Whiting
Margaret Whiting is 81
HITS:
"That Old Black Magic", with Freddie Slack And His Orchestra (1942)
"Moonlight In Vermont", with Billy Butterfield's Orchestra (1943)
"It Might As Well Be Spring", with Paul Weston And His Orchestra (1943)
In 1945 she began to record under her own name, making such recordings as:
"All Through The Day" (1945, becoming a bestseller in the spring of 1946)
"In Love In Vain" (1945)
(these two from the movie "Centennial Summer")
"Guilty" (1946)
"Oh, But I Do" (1946)
"A Tree In The Meadow" (a number 1 hit in the summer of 1948)
"Slipping Around", a duet with country music star Jimmy Wakely (a number 1 hit in 1949)
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" (1949)
"Blind Date", a novelty record with Bob Hope (1950)
Updated: Friday, 22 July 2005 9:57 AM EDT