Margaret Whiting (1924-2011) was a contemporary of Peggy Lee and Patti Page, who began as big band singers in the 1940s and moved on to successful solo careers. Whiting placed close to 50 singles on various Billboard <\/i>Magazine music charts during the 1940s and early 1950s. The advent of the rock \u2018n\u2019 roll era saw her commercial success dwindle as she gradually faded from the music scene. <\/p>\n
Cut to 1966 when she signed a contract with the London label. During the next several years, she recorded three albums for the label, which were some of the most successful of her career. Real Gone Music has now rereleased the Wheel Of Hurt, <\/i>which was named after her big comeback hit, complete with bonus tracks. Additionally, her other two albums for the label have been released as a two for one under the title Maggie Isn\u2019t Margaret Anymore\/Pop Country.<\/i><\/p>\n
While Whiting was a pure pop singer, the albums she released are very different from one another. \u00a0One was a modernization of popular songs at the time and the other was her take on a number of country songs. <\/p>\n
Pop Country <\/i>is the stronger of the two albums. Tracks such as Eddy Arnold\u2019s \u201cYou Don\u2019t Know Me,\u201d Glen Campbell\u2019s hit \u201cGentle On My Mind,\u201d and the classic \u201cI Can\u2019t Stop Loving You\u201d were all perfect for pop interpretations. \u201cI Almost Called Your Name\u201d is given a dramatic interpretation while \u201cIt Keeps Right On A Hurtin\u2019\u201d would have fit right in on the cabaret circuit. <\/p>\n
Maggie Isn\u2019t Margaret Anymore <\/i>is more of a mixed bag. \u201cOnly Love Can Break A Heart\u201d and a laidback version of \u201cSomethin\u2019 Stupid\u201d are fine 1960s pop, but her take of the Dave Clark Five\u2019s \u201cBecause\u201d was a real stretch. Add in such material as \u201cOnly Love Can Break A Heart,\u201d \u201cThere\u2019s A Kind of Hush,\u201d and \u201cMy Cup Runneth Over\u201d and you have an average group of pop covers. On the other hand, when she reaches back to Johnny Mercer\u2019s \u201cI\u2019ll Remember You,\u201d her voice soars.<\/p>\n
There are several previously unreleased songs that were recorded for release as singles included here. Meanwhile, the enclosed booklet gives a fine overview of her career and time with the London label. <\/p>\n
Margaret Whiting was in her early forties when she recorded these albums and her voice is mature one of the better pop instruments of the era. It\u2019s nice to have these albums by a sometimes forgotten singer back in circulation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":31426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9084],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-43128","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\/43128","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=43128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=43128"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=43128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}