I Can't Spell Marguerite
One of the albums I shared with you yesterday featured a track by Marguerite Piazza, a name that sounded familiar yet I didn't know much about her. An internet search tells me she was an opera singer from New Orleans who later sought her fame in NYC, reaching a national audience with Sid Caeser on Your Show Of Shows in the Fifties. Not sure how I knew the name as this was way before my time, but sometimes weird things pop out of my head. I was a little surprised to find her recording Christmas music for a budget label in the mid Seventies, but here's the proof. This is Marguerite Piazza-Christmas With Love (Classic Christmas CCR-1933, Stereo, 1977). I can't tell you how many ways I have messed up the spelling of her name in this post and in the tagging of the tracks. I still won't guarantee that it's correct, but maybe it's close.
1. Jingle Bells
2. Silent Night
3. Joy To The World
4. What Child Is This
5. Jolly Old St. Nicholas
6. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
7. Good King Wenceslas
8. Angels We Have Heard On High
9. Away In The Manager
10. The Twelve Days Of Christmas
11. Deck The Halls
12. The First Noel
13. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
2. Silent Night
3. Joy To The World
4. What Child Is This
5. Jolly Old St. Nicholas
6. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
7. Good King Wenceslas
8. Angels We Have Heard On High
9. Away In The Manager
10. The Twelve Days Of Christmas
11. Deck The Halls
12. The First Noel
13. We Wish You A Merry Christmas



She used to pop up on the Dean Martin Show from time to time.
ReplyDeleteI should go watch some of those.
DeleteYeah, she would make the rounds of the variety shows, including Merv Griffin, etc.
ReplyDeleteThose shows seemed to be in a world of their own, where you would see such personalities as Totie Fields and Monti Rock III, who seemed to have no independent existence.
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