Margaret Whiting (1924-2011) was a major star during the pre-rock \u2018n\u2019 roll era of the 1940s and early 1950s when she had close to 50 hit singles. Her commercial success waned with the advent of the rock era, but she made a comeback during the mid 1960s. She continued to perform until a year before her death.<\/p>\n
She came from a music-oriented family, as her father was one of the leading songwriters of his era, penning such classics as \u201cHooray For Hollywood,\u201d \u201cAin\u2019t We Got Fun,\u201d and \u201cOn The Good Ship Lollipop.\u201d Her father had a professional relationship with Johnny Mercer and when he established the Capital label during the early 1940s, she was one of the first artists he signed to the label.<\/p>\n
After a number of years out of the limelight, Whiting revitalized her career during 1966 with the London label.\u00a0 Her single \u201cThe Wheel Of Hurt\u201d reached number one on the Billboard <\/i>Easy Listening Chart and the album of the same name was the most successful of her career. That album has now been reissued by Real Gone Music. In addition to the original release, 13 bonus tracks have been added. There are 11 of her singles for the label, which include all of her easy listening hits, plus German versions of \u201cThe Wheel Of Hurt\u201d and \u201cNothing Lasts Forever.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret Whiting was a pure pop singer in the same vein as Patti Page and Peggy Lee. The Wheel Of Hurt, <\/i>with its combination of country songs and 1960s pop covers, is an excellent vehicle for her vocals. She had an ability to interpret just about any material set before her and \u201cYou Don\u2019t Have To Say You Love Me,\u201d \u201cWinchester Cathedral.\u201d \u201cTime After Time,\u201d and \u201cShow Me A Man\u201d all come across as slick and well-crafted 1960s pop.<\/p>\n
This is one of those rare occasions where the bonus tracks are probably better than the album they support.\u00a0 Hits such as \u201cWhere Was I,\u201d \u201cFaithfully,\u201d \u201cCan\u2019t Get You Out Of My Mind,\u201d \u201cUntil It\u2019s Time For You To Go,\u201d and \u201cLife Goes On\u201d are really an array of her greatest hits and they have a wonderful flow. <\/i>The two German songs may be a little out of place, but as they are the last two tracks, they do not detract from the overall feel of the album.<\/p>\n
Margaret Whiting\u2019s nearly 60-year career survived a number of musical style changes. While she remained popular on the club circuit, The Wheel Of Hurt <\/i>was her final commercial hurrah. It catches her at her best, her voice and style matured and honed by years of practice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":31387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9084],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-43089","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-margaret-whiting","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=43089"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=43089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}