Micki Marlo
Micki Marlo | |
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Marlo and Jan Murray with "Charge Account", 1961. | |
Born |
August 12, 1928 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died |
September 20, 2016 88) Dade County, Florida, U.S. | (aged
Occupation | Singer |
Micki Marlo (August 12, 1928 – September 20, 2016)[1] was a popular singer and model, best known in the 1950s, who received attention for both her singing and her beauty.
She was a member of WPEN Philadelphia's "950 Club", a radio precursor of American Bandstand.[2] She worked the variety show circuit in the 1950s, appearing on the original Tonight Show with Steve Allen. Micki was a member of the cast of Ziegfeld Follies of 1957[3] and recorded a duet with Paul Anka, "What You've Done To Me", that same year. Her ABC-Paramount album, Married I Can Always Get, featured her on the cover in a cheesecake photo wearing a low-cut, bare-shouldered wedding dress. The liner notes make frequent references to her physical charms.[4] "Little By Little", a Nappy Brown cover, was her only hit. In the early 1960s she appeared on the game show Charge Account, and paired up with Ed Hurst again to co-host Summer Time On The Pier, another live dance show, this time from Atlantic City, New Jersey for WRCV-TV.
Marlo died in Dade County, Florida on September 20, 2016 at the age of 88.[5][1]
References
- 1 2 Cohen, Howard (September 24, 2016). "Pop singer and nightclub fixture Micki Marlo dies at 88". Miami Herald. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
- ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 13, 1963. p. 38. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
- ↑ "The Theatre". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Endless Groove - Meg Myles vs Micki Marlo". endlessgroove.com. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
- ↑ Barnes, Mike (September 23, 2016). "Micki Marlo, Popular 1950s Singer and Nightclub Performer, Dies at 88". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 23, 2016.