Vocalist Margaret Whiting (1924 – 2011) established herself as a singer of jazz and popular standards in the 1940s touring with the U.S.O. during World War II. In the decades that followed, her career encompassed everything from television appearances to nightclubs, musical theater, and country music. On this 1992 Piano Jazz, Whiting performs “Come Rain or Come Shine” and “Moonlight in Vermont” to McPartland’s accompaniment. McPartland solos on “Twilight World.”
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