Margie Day
Margie Day | |
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Birth name | Margaret Hoffler |
Also known as | Margie Day Walker |
Born | Norfolk, Virginia, United States | April 6, 1926
Died | September 18, 2014 Norfolk, Virginia, United States | (aged 88)
Genres | Rhythm and blues, pop music |
Years active | 1945–47, 1950–64, 1968–69 |
Labels | Coed, Dot, Decca, Atlantic, RCA, others |
Margie Day (born Margaret Hoffler,
Early life and start in show business
Margaret Hoffler was born and brought up in Norfolk, Virginia, one of the four children of Kemper Hoffler and his wife Ledora.[3] She grew up listening to the gospel, opera, swing and jazz records bought by her brothers or played on the radio, and took piano lessons.
After graduating from
Recording career
In early 1950, she was approached by the
In late 1952, she left the Griffin Brothers, joined the Floyd Dixon Combo as featured vocalist, and also began recording solo, her first solo release on Dot being "Midnight".[7] The following year, she joined with the Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams band for a series of concerts and tours, appearing on the same bills as T-Bone Walker, Fats Domino, Charles Brown, Ruth Brown and others. In September 1953, she left Dot Records and signed for Decca, her first release on the new label being the self-penned "Snatching It Back".[1][6] Although her records—including the suggestive "Take Out Your False Teeth Daddy"—failed to make the charts, she continued to tour widely and successfully with the Paul Williams band through 1954 and early 1955. In May 1955 she recorded for Atlantic Records, who released the single "Pitty Pat Band", credited to Margie Day with the Soul Destroyers, on their subsidiary Cat label. Although it was promoted by disc jockey Alan Freed, it failed to make the charts.[6]
Margie Day continued to perform as a solo singer in the late 1950s, and released records on several labels including
Post-music career
During her convalescence, in her own words she "found God", and decided finally to give up her career in music.
In 2010, rights-management firm Beach Road Music, LLC, acquired the Coed Records catalog, subsequently re-releasing three digitally re-mastered 1961 Margie Day singles on the compilation album From The Vault: The Coed Records Lost Master Tapes, Volume 1.[13]
Margie Day Walker died on September 18, 2014, in Norfolk, Virginia.[14]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Biography at Centerstage Children's Theatre Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The name is spelled Hoffleur on some sites, and was mis-spelled Hottler on her own site.
- ^ "Register". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (October 11, 1947). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
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has generic name (help) - ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 106.
- ^ a b c d e "Blues All Alone: Margie Day, by J.C. Marion, at JammUp #40". Home.earthlink.net. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
- ^ a b Biographical note by Craig Harris, AllMusic
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (December 23, 1950). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 25 – via Google Books.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Tommy Brown". Archived from the original on February 21, 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
- ^ "Soulful Divas: Margie Day: Dawn of a New Day (1968) / Experience Margie Day (1969) ... plus". January 6, 2010.
- ^ "Margie Day: Dawn Of A New Day / Experience album review". Allabout jazz.com. July 21, 2008. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
- ^ Centerstage project history Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Baptista, Todd (March 2011). "Lost and Found", Goldmine, Volume 37, Issue 797, Page 97.
- ^ "Keith Matthews Funeral Home | Norfolk VA funeral home and cremation". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2020.