Micki Marlo

Micki Marlo
Marlo and Jan Murray with "Charge Account", 1961.
Marlo and Jan Murray with "Charge Account", 1961.
Born(1928-08-12)August 12, 1928
DiedSeptember 20, 2016(2016-09-20) (aged 88)
OccupationSinger

Micki Marlo (August 12, 1928 – September 20, 2016) was an American singer and model, best known in the 1950s, who received attention for both her singing and her beauty.

She was a member of WPEN Philadelphia's "950 Club", a radio precursor of American Bandstand.[1] She worked the variety show circuit in the 1950s, appearing on the original Tonight Show with Steve Allen. Micki was a member of the cast of Ziegfeld Follies of 1957[2]

Recordings

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She recorded a duet with Paul Anka, "What You've Done To Me" in 1957. Her ABC-Paramount album, Married I Can Always Get, featured her on the cover in a photo wearing a low-cut, bare-shouldered wedding dress. The liner notes make frequent references to her physical charms.[3] "Little By Little", a Nappy Brown cover, was her only hit.

Latter years work

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In the early 1960s she appeared on the game show Charge Account, and paired up with Ed Hurst again to co-host Summer Time On The Pier, another live dance show, this time from Atlantic City, New Jersey, for WRCV-TV.

Death

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Marlo died in Dade County, Florida, on September 20, 2016, at the age of 88.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 13, 1963. p. 38. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  2. ^ "The Theatre". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  3. ^ Maygarden, Tony (May 2003). "Endless Groove - Meg Myles vs Micki Marlo". endlessgroove.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2003. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  4. ^ Cohen, Howard (September 24, 2016). "Pop singer and nightclub fixture Micki Marlo dies at 88". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  5. ^ Barnes, Mike (September 23, 2016). "Micki Marlo, Popular 1950s Singer and Nightclub Performer, Dies at 88". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 24, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
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