April 10 - Marilyn Maye (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous postings for April 10th may be found here: Claude Bolling (2019), Eugen d'Albert (2020), Charles Swinnerton Heap (2021), and Jorge Mester (2022)

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Marilyn Maye (b. 10 April 1928) is an American jazz singer, cabaret singer, and musical theater actress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maye Song

Still enterprising and still twinkling at nearly 95, Marilyn Maye is on the brink of her birthday and her solo debut at Carnegie Hall, where she will perform with on March 24, 2023. – adapted from Melissa Errico, “The Unsinkable Marilyn Maye“,  New York Times (March 15, 2023)

We sing today

Of Marilyn Maye,

Who, still alive

At ninety-five,

Just made a call

At Carnegie Hall,

Which as a gig

Is pretty big.

 

 

 

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