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KUOW's Amanda Wilde talks with singer Margaret Whiting about how she recorded "Baby, It's Cold Outside" with Johnny Mercer.
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Review of Baby, It's Cold OutsideSuch a great song, and to hear Margaret Whiting's nightclub booze and smoke-cured sounding voice tell the back-story to the song's origin and her own recording is a fine winter story. Not a morning-time feel to it, but would be a good ATC or late night drop-in around the Christmas holidays. |
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Aired on KUOW and set to air on Weekend America.
Transcript
INTRO:
?Tis the season for snow, sleigh rides, and holiday cheer. Nothing brings us more quickly into a festive frame of mind than music. One timeless classic you?re sure to hear every year was recorded in 1949 by Margaret Whiting, one of the top vocalists of the era, and the legendary Johnny Mercer. Margaret Whiting shares the story behind the song.
OUTRO:
Margaret Whiting lives in New York, where she is active in the music community. She is president of The Johnny Mercer Foundation, dedicated to performing and promoting ?The Great American Songbook.? She spoke from her home in New York City with Amanda Wilde, of KUOW in Seattle.
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Posted on February 08, 2007 at 01:47 PM | Permalink
Review of Baby, It's Cold Outside
Of the pieces I've heard recently, this is one of my favorites. The piece is a VH1ish look at the origins of the holiday song, with some great insight by one of the voices in a popular version of the song, a woman whose voice is now raspy and aged, but with all the obvious clear and careful articulation of a professional singer. Well done, a driveway moment piece.