>Jane Morgan, the elegant American singer who dazzled audiences in Paris nightclubs, on just about every TV variety show of her era and at the Oscars and had a hit record with the lovely standard “Fascination,” has died. She was 101.

>A classy performer known for her silky smooth phrasing, Morgan moved from New York to France in the late 1940s to build her career before returning the U.S. and becoming a very popular singer through the mid-1960s.

> She recorded about 40 albums around the world and sang in five languages, making her a true international star.

>Morgan appeared dozens of times on The Ed Sullivan Show and was a welcomed recurring guest on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show, Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall and The Hollywood Palace and on programs hosted by Jackie Gleason, Jack Benny, Andy Williams, Johnny Cash, Dean Martin, Merv Griffin and Mike Douglas.

>Watch her perform “I Wanna Be With You” on the Sullivan show in 1967:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzQRLrf0DLU

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/jane-morgan-dead-fascination-singer-ed-sullivan-1236337208/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVyID6EkNvw

>>127289294 (OP)
Epic was Columbia's label for more weird, offbeat acts back then.

nothing about this on Steve Hoffman Forum as of yet

>Morgan had five songs make the Billboard in 1956 to 59, the highest charting of which was "Fascination" in the summer of 1957, a ballad that reached the top 15 despite the dominance of rock-and-roll acts at that time.[2]

>>127289468
People have this weird notion that rock music just flushed all "old" music out of the charts, as if it buried the purchasing power and radio demand of adult listeners forever. It's not at all notable that a song like this reached the top 15 in 1957.

>>127289506
There was a resurgence of the old guard of pop singers in 1958 as Como, Day, and Page were back in the top 10.

>>127291863
somewhat also Peggy Lee and "Fever" though she was not normally a Billboard presence

>>127289294 (OP)
Jane Morgan originally recorded for UK-based Polydor in the 40s and a number of her early recordings were in French. Her 50s hitmaking run began in '54 when she signed with Kapp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAjZblHuMMI

This was an English-language recording but the B-side was a Portuguese song.

>>127289294 (OP)
Morgan was at the time of her death the oldest living female singer in the Anglosphere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxTgblHyHdE
You probably think the Doris Day rip vocals are cliche but everyone did back then.

god what if Taylor Swift lives to 101? please no.

>>127292044
this lady was always the epitome of class and restraint, even on a novelty song like here she's unfailingly tasteful. God only knows what would have happened if Georgia Gibbs had recorded this.

>>127289409
Still nothing.