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Margaret Whiting

A favourite of the American forces during WWII and a fixture on radio and in clubs in the 1940s and '50s, Margaret Whiting was a crystal-voiced singer who performed jazz standards and sentimental ballads and had a successful career that stretched over 60 years. Growing up in a showbusiness family, she was raised in New York where her father Richard A. Whiting was an acclaimed songwriter who composed hits for Broadway and was a contemporary of George Gershwin, before the family moved to Hollywood where he penned movie scores. Her aunt Margaret Young was also a popular singer and h...