Marilyn Maye

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Marilyn Maye McLaughlin (born April 10, 1928 in Wichita , Kansas ) is an American jazz and cabaret singer and music theater actress. She began her career as a child by performing in concerts and on radio in Kansas. After graduating from high school, she moved to Chicago , Illinois , where she caught the attention of Steve Allen , performing first on the Steve Allen Show and then on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson .

Maye was particularly popular in the 1960s and released several albums with RCA Victor. Especially the songs she recorded Cabaret and Step to the Rear became popular and in 1966 she was nominated for a Grammy Award for best new artist .

biography

Marilyn Maye McLaughlin was born in 1928 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of an apotheres and began her career as a child in amateur competitions in Topeka , Kansas. She was accompanied on the piano by her mother, Lila McLaughlin, whom she named after the singer Marilyn Miller . At the age of 3 she sang with her mother, and when she was 12 she received singing lessons from Rosamond Nyman in Topeka. In 1942, after her parents divorced, she and her mother moved to Des Moines , Iowa .

She attended Amos Hiatt Junior High School and sang for songwriters Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane at the age of 14 and received a fifteen minute radio show on KRNT in Des Moines. After moving to Kansas City , Missouri, actor Steve Allen noticed her and invited her to appear on his show; shortly afterwards she signed a recording deal with RCA Victor . She made 76 appearances on the Tonight Show and received a 1966 Grammy Award nomination for best new artist alongside winners Tom Jones , Sonny and Cher , Herman's Hermits, and The Birds . Her version of the song Cabaret , produced by Joe Rene , became a hit before the same song sung by Liza Minnelli became world famous. She had an even bigger hit with the song Step to the Rear , which was subsequently used in the political campaigns of various politicians in individually adapted versions in the election campaign, including for example by the later governor of Iowa, Robert D. Ray . By 1970 she released several albums and numerous singles and appeared in nightclubs and in musicals such as Can-Can , Mame and Hello, Dolly .

In the 1970s the music world changed and Maye was unable to continue her career as a jazz and cabaret singer. At the age of 78, she performed at Lincoln Center for the Mabel Mercer Foundation in 2006, which reinvigorated her career. In 2008 she received a Distinguished Arts Award from the Governor of Kansas, as well as the Jazz Heritage Award, the Kansas City Jazz Ambassador's Award of Excellence, the Elder Statesmen of Jazz Award and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame and the Kansas City CODA Jazz Fund honored. She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Jazz Museum and was included in their Walk of Fame. Her version of Too Late Now was included on the Smithsonian Institution of the 20th Century Recordings in 1985 .

Discography

Albums

  • 1961: The Most (Holly Record Company)
  • 1965: Meet Marvelous Marilyn Maye (RCA Victor)
  • 1966: The Lamp Is Low (RCA Victor)
  • 1966: The Second Of Maye (RCA Victor)
  • 1967: A Taste Of "Sherry!" (RCA Victor)
  • 1967: Step To The Rear (RCA Victor)
  • 1968: The Happiest Sound In Town (RCA Victor)
  • 1970: Marilyn Maye Girl Singer (RCA Victor)
  • 2001: Meet Marvelous Marilyn Maye / The Lamp Is Low (CD, Compilation; BMG)

Singles

  • 1965: Long Ago / A Time To Love (RCA Victor)
  • 1966: Sherry!
  • 1966: You've Lost That Loving Feeling / I've Learned The Way To Sing The Blues
  • 1966: Two Lovers / Cabaret
  • 1967: Step To The Rear / For Those In Love
  • 1967: Step To The Rear (7 ", single)
  • 1968: Montage From How Sweet It Is / On To Something New
  • 1968: You've Got To Be There / When We All Get Together
  • 1968: Till You Come Back / Never Tell Me (Todavia)
  • 1969: I'll Never Fall In Love Again / Celebration
  • 1969: Mr. Clown / Feelin '
  • 1969: Ed And Marilyn: Think Summer
  • 1970: Jimmy / Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May
  • 1970: Marilyn Maye with The Tony DiPardo Orchestra: The Chiefs Are On The Warpath / We're Number One

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Peter Filichia: Maye Time. on theatermania.com March 16, 2007; accessed on February 21, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Marilyn Maye, proudly "old school" CBS News, Jan. 28, 2018; accessed on February 21, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b c d 2003 indutees of the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame ; accessed on February 21, 2020.
  4. ↑ Joe Klopus: . Jazz Town: American Jazz Museum fittingly salutes singer Marilyn Maye at May The Kansas City Star, May 17, 2015; accessed on February 21, 2020.
  5. ↑ Joe Klopus: Jazz Town: Star-studded concert will celebrate Jazz Walk of Fame inductees. The Kansas City Star, May 25, 2015; accessed on February 21, 2020.

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personal data
SURNAME Maye, Marilyn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maye McLaughlin, Marilyn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and cabaret singer and music theater actress
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Wichita , Kansas