Gilda Maiken
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Gilda D. Maiken (November 30, 1922 - October 14, 2001)[1] was an American pop and jazz singer and charity executive. Her married name was Gilda Maiken Anderson.
Maiken is most known as the lead singer of
Eddie Fisher, Danny Kaye, Jerry Lewis, Betty Hutton, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra, toured, and appeared on many TV variety shows.[2]
Maiken provided the dubbed singing voice of
Merry Macs on some commercials.[6]
Maiken later ran her own talent agency. She was a co-founder and founding chairman of the Society of Singers, a charity founded to help former professional singers who were ill, destitute, or otherwise in need (the organization later also provided scholarships for aspiring singers and sponsored the Ella Awards).[2][7][8][9]
References
- ^ "Society of Singers". Society of Singers website. Archived from the original on January 20, 2002. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ ISBN 0634099787. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ^ Kid Galahad / Girls! Girls! Girls! BMG Music 1993 CD Liner notes by Ernst Mikael Jorgensen & Roger Semon.
- ^ a b Ray Hagen (June 24, 2015). "Movie Dubbers". Janette Davis: An Appreciation. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ^ Keith Flynn. "May 2 1962". Keith Flynn's Elvis Presley Pages. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ^ "Merry Macs". Singers.com. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ^ Christopher Papa (2004). "An Appreciation of the Society of Singers". Big Band Library. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ^ Margie Barron (May 26, 2010). "Being Helpful, the Society of Singers, and Everychild Foundation". Tolucan Times. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ISBN 978-1466976306. Retrieved January 13, 2017.