In the years immediately following World War II, one of America’s most popular entertainers was a young singer named Margaret Whiting.
She was born into an entertainment family. Her father, Richard Whiting, was the guy who wrote “Hooray for Hollywood,” “Ain’t We Got Fun” and many other hits.
Margaret’s sister was a popular singer and actress, and her aunt was a recording artist in the 1920s.
Little Margaret was “discovered,” you might say. at age seven by Johnny Mercer, who was one of the co-founders of Capitol Records.
She had her first million selling record at age 20 And within a decade was among the country’s most popular singers.
She was a star on radio, on television, – even had a TV series of her own for a short time.
In 1987, the then-63-year-old Margaret Whiting wrote her autobiography, a book named after one of her most popular songs: It Might As Well Be Spring.
In the mid to late ‘80s America was still grappling with the AIDS epidemic, a faltering economy, the Reagan revolution, and an ongoing evolution of pop music.
In a moment, Margaret Whiting.
So here now, from 1987, Margaret Whiting.
Margaret Whiting died in 2011. She was 86.
