Marjorie Hughes

Marjorie Hughes
Birth name Marjorie Carlone
Born (1925-12-15)December 15, 1925
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Genres Big band, easy listening, pop standard
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 1946-1950

Marjorie Hughes (born Marjorie Carle, December 15, 1925 in Springfield, MA[1]) was a singer in the Frankie Carle Orchestra. She was also Frankie Carle's daughter. After singers Betty Bonney (aka Judy Johnson) and Phyllis Lynne had come and gone, Carle was auditioning new female singers - some in person, and some by means of demo records. Carle's wife sneaked in a demo of Carle's daughter recorded from a radio program. She was singing with the Paul Martin band[2] in her first singing job. Carle liked the singer he heard on the demo, at first unaware that it was his daughter.[3] When he decided to give his daughter a chance with his band, Carle changed his daughter's name to Marjorie Hughes, so that the public wouldn't know she was his daughter until he could be certain she'd make the grade. The band made a hit recording with Marjorie Hughes on the vocal, entitled "Oh, What It Seemed To Be." With the success of that song, Walter Winchell announced that Marjorie Hughes was actually Frankie Carle's daughter.[3] According to Christopher Popa's Big Band Library.com website, Marjorie Hughes real name was Ede Carle.[4] However, in George T. Simon's The Big Bands, Simon quotes Frankie Carle saying that he plays golf once or twice a week with his wife, Ede.[5][6]

Hughes stopped singing with the Carle orchestra in 1948 "because of illness."[7] By 1950, she was "concentrating on television and radio on the west coast."[8]

Radio

Hughes was the featured female singer on Your Hit Parade on Parade.[9]

Personal life

Hughes was married to Hughey Hughes, a pianist with Carle's orchestra.[10] Following four years of marriage, they divorced in 1949.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Ancestors & Kin of Susan Crosby Finizia a Rhode Island Based Family ~Newman, McConnell, Cahir, Dunlevy, Crosby~". Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  2. ↑ "Paul Martin Is Scheduled For Dance Tonight". Oregon, La Grande. La Grande Observer. March 20, 1944. p. 3. Retrieved February 26, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 Gilliland, John (1994). Pop Chronicles the 40s: The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40s (audiobook). ISBN 978-1-55935-147-8. OCLC 31611854. Tape 3, side B.
  4. ↑ "Big Band Library: About Christopher Popa". Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Simon, George T. (1982). The Big Bands (4 ed.). Schirmer Books. ISBN 9780028724201.
  6. ↑ "Vocalists, A-L". Big Band Library. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  7. ↑ Gwynn, Edith (September 1, 1948). "Hollywood". Pennsylvania, Pottstown. Pottstown Mercury. p. 4. Retrieved February 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Mattox, Margaret (May 21, 1950). "Frankie Carle Deplores Lack of Romantic Songs". Ohio, Mansfield. News-Journal. p. 30. Retrieved February 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Your Hit Parade On Parade". Maine, Portland. Portland Press Herald. June 5, 1949. p. 33. Retrieved February 26, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Chick With The Band Sings Of Two Teasing Wolves". Maryland, Hagerstown. The Morning Herald. June 24, 1939. p. 6. Retrieved February 26, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Carle's Daughter Weds". Tennessee, Kingsport. Kingsport Times. July 29, 1949. p. 10. Retrieved February 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
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