";s:4:"text";s:6272:" feat: (Toby Talbot/Associated Press/File 1985) "Whiting began singing when she was a toddler. feat: Maggie, as she was known to friends, was born on July 22, 1924 in Detroit to Eleanor Youngblood Whiting and songwriter Richard Armstrong Whiting, whose compositions include Hooray for Hollywood, Ain't We Got Fun, On the Good Ship Lollipop, Till We Meet Again, Beyond the Blue Horizon, and Too Marvelous for Words. She was a respected Big Band, jazz, night club, and recording artist for over 60 years. They are 3.5 mil truncated eliptical, 2.3 mil truncated conical, 2.8 … Undoubtedly, growing up as Tin Pan Alley tunesmith But the best! feat: Billy Butterfield & Margaret Whiting - Moonlight in Vermont feat: feat: feat: Ray Fisher/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image feat: Singer. She landed hits under her own name as well: "A Tree In the Meadow" and "Slippin' Around," one of a series of duets with country singer Jimmy Wakely.Whiting continued performing in concert and at cabarets into her 80s. Margaret Whiting sings one of her million selling songs "Moonlight in Vermont" feat: Her home became the royal court for some of the biggest songwriters of the 20th century -- Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen. "Whiting was born into musical royalty. To her, Jerome Kern was "Uncle Jerry. 8 feat: Performer: Margaret Whiting; Billy Butterfield And His Orchestra Writer: Karl Suessdorf; John Blackburn Vocal With Orchestra. She was 17 years old.Other hits quickly followed: "Moonlight in Vermont" with Billy Butterfield's Orchestra; "It Might As Well Be Spring" with Paul Weston; "Baby, It's Cold Outside," a duet with Mercer. feat: Margaret Whiting performing onstage in New York City in 1987. feat: Margaret Whiting | Moonlight in Vermont - Duration: 3:23. feat: