Profile
Jane Morgan
Actress and Singer
Female
Born
Dec 25, 1920
Age
92
Hometown
Newton, Massachus...
Genres
Traditional pop m...
Instruments
Human voice
Record Label
Polydor
Other Names
Currier, Florence...
Jane Morgan was an American popular music singer. Morgan initially found success in France and the United Kingdom before achieving recognition in the U.S. She won six gold records.
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Jane Morgan
Age 92
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Joe WeintraubSon
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CHILDHOOD
1924
Birth
Born on May 3, 1924.
TWENTIES
1948
24 Years Old
In 1948, she was selected by French impresario Bernard Hilda to accompany him to Paris.
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1949
25 Years Old
Morgan and Hilda soon opened a new weekly hour-long television show, and she began recording in 1949 on the French Polydor label as well as Parlophone, Philips, and others.
1952
28 Years Old
In 1952 Morgan went to Montreal, Canada, and opened at the Ritz Hotel as a soloist with a bilingual act using French and English.
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THIRTIES
1954
30 Years Old
She returned to Europe in 1954 to appear in a London West End review with comedian Vic Oliver, and later at the Savoy Theatre and London Palladium.
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1957
33 Years Old
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Morgan's recording was released in late 1957 and remained on the charts for 29 weeks.
1958
34 Years Old
In 1958 Kapp released The Day the Rains Came (a French song by Gilbert Becaud called "Le jour où la pluie viendra") with Morgan singing in English on one side and in French on the other.
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This led directly to her first TV Special, Spectacular: the Jane Morgan Hour in early 1959.
1962
38 Years Old
She continued recording for Kapp until 1962, her last album being What Now My Love, released later that year.
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FORTIES
1968
44 Years Old
Syndicated in March 1968, the show featured the Doodletown Pipers and its highlight was her musical tribute to Edith Piaf.
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1971
47 Years Old
She performed the song on Cash's eponymous television series in early 1971.
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1973
49 Years Old
She retired from performing in 1973, but has appeared occasionally over the years at special events and benefits.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
2009
85 Years Old
On December 10, 2009, Morgan performed at the UNICEF Ball honoring her husband, Jerry Weintraub, held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, singing "Ten Cents a Dance" and "Big Spender".
2011
87 Years Old
On May 6, 2011 she received the 2,439th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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