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Marilyn Maye (born April 10, 1928) is an American cabaret singer and musical theatre actress. She began her career as a young child performing in Kansas in both live concerts and on the radio. After graduating from high school, she moved to Chicago where she drew the attention of Steve Allen, performing first on ''The Steve Allen Show'' and later ''The Tonight Show''. She holds the distinction of being the most frequently heard singer in the history of the latter program. She made numerous recordings with RCA during the 1960s, after which she has had a highly successful career as a cabaret artist, continuing to this day. She has also occasionally appeared on the stage in musicals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Maye in October )〕 ==Life and career== Born Marilyn Maye McLaughlin in Wichita, Kansas,〔(Marilyn Maye biodata )〕 she began her career as a child, competing in amateur contests in Topeka, where her father, a pharmacist, owned a drugstore. She was accompanied on piano by her mother, who had named her daughter for her own favorite entertainer, musical theater star Marilyn Miller.〔(Theater Mania website )〕 In 1942, after her parents divorced, she moved with her mother to Des Moines, Iowa.〔(Moines Register'' article re Maye )〕 She began her musical training with her mother at the age of 3. At the age of 9 she began taking voice lessons with Rosamond Nyman, a teacher of classical singing, in Topeka.〔 At age 14, while attending Amos Hiatt Junior High School, she sang for songwriters Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and got her own 15-minute radio show on station KRNT. Another source puts the 13-week show on WIBW (580 AM), followed by a live broadcast from the Jayhawk Theater each Saturday morning for two years.〔(CJ Online website )〕 She graduated from East High School. After moving to Chicago, she played ''"every Moose and Elks club in the state of Illinois"''〔(''San Francisco Examiner'' article about Maye ); sfexaminer.com; accessed January 31, 2014.〕 Moving to Kansas City, she came to the attention of Steve Allen, who invited her to appear on his show; shortly thereafter, she signed a recording contract with RCA. She appeared on The Tonight Show a record 76 times, and received a Grammy Awards nomination for “Best New Artist” of 1965.〔(www.goldstar.com )〕 Aside from recordings and regular guest-appearances on television, she worked the nightclub circuit (calling the venues “upholstered sewers”). As supper-club culture declined, she took roles in musical theater, including ''Can-Can'', ''Mame'' and ''Hello, Dolly''. Her career revived with a 2006 concert appearance at Lincoln Center's Rose Hall for the Mabel Mercer Foundation.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marilyn Maye」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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