Margaret Young

Margaret Young, 1921

Margaret Young (born Margaret Youngblood February 23, 1891 in Detroit, Michigan - died May 3, 1969 in Inglewood, California) was a popular singer and comedienne in the United States in the 1920s.

Recording career

Young began her professional career in Detroit, Michigan. She sang at theaters, dinner clubs, and on Vaudeville. Young first recorded commercially for the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1920. She recorded a series of records for Brunswick from 1922 through 1925 which sold well. She continued as a popular entertainer until the end of the decade.

Young came out of retirement to record for Capitol Records in 1949.

Her sister was married to composer Richard A. Whiting, some of whose songs she introduced, and her niece Margaret Whiting also would become a popular singer throughout the 1940s and 1950s.

Death

Margaret Young died in Inglewood, California, aged 78 after a brief illness. She was buried next her late sister, Eleanore (widow of composer Richard Whiting and mother of singer Margaret Whiting) and is interred at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Los Angeles.

External links

• Biography on "The Jazz Age 1920s" site includes images of sheetmusic covers and MP3s of 2 of her 1920s recordings

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