Name Marlene VerPlanck | ||
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Role Vocalist · marleneverplanck.com Albums Ballads...Mostly, Meets Saxomania in Paris Similar People Warren Vache, Harry Allen, Hank Jones, Kristin Chenoweth, Rebecca Martin | ||
Marlene verplanck sings alec wilder be a child 1986
Marlene Paula VerPlanck (née Pampinella; born November 11, 1933) is an American jazz and pop vocalist whose body of work centers on big band jazz, the American songbook, and cabaret.
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- Marlene verplanck sings alec wilder be a child 1986
- Marlene VerPlanck Nobody Else But Me on WBGOs Singers Unlimited
- Life and career
- Solo
- As guest vocalist
- References
Marlene VerPlanck - Nobody Else But Me on WBGO's Singers Unlimited
Life and career
VerPlanck was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. She was married to trombonist and arranger J. William (Billy) VerPlanck (1930–2009) for 52 years — from 1955 until 2009, when he died.
Her debut album, I Think of You with Every Breath I Take, was released in 1955 when she was 21, and featured Hank Jones, Joe Wilder, Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke, and Herbie Mann (uncredited). VerPlanck then went to work as a vocalist for Charlie Spivak's band, and later sang with the Tommy Dorsey band.
Despite a long and successful career, often as a studio backing vocalist, she did not release another solo album until Marlene VerPlanck Loves Johnny Mercer in 1979. Since then she has released many, mostly on the Audiophile label, and has toured extensively as a soloist.
VerPlanck was a prolific studio vocalist for jingles, which included singing an arrangement of the 1930s Campbell's Soup "M'm M'm Good" song.
Solo
As guest vocalist
With J. J. Johnson
With the John LaSalle Quartet