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...