The late Johnny Carson called her “Super Singer.” Ella Fitzgerald dubbed her “The greatest white female singer in the world.” The Houston Chronicle termed her “A National Treasure.” In her early years, Marilyn was heard regularly on the radio, worked in a variety of nightclubs around the Midwest, and was ultimately discovered by Steve Allen, who invited her to appear on his primetime television show. Soon after, Marilyn signed to a recording contract with RCA which resulted in seven albums and 34 singles. In 1966 Marilyn got another big break when Ed McMahon invited her to appear on The Tonight Show, starring Johnny Carson and she holds the singer’s record of 76 appearances. Though she has never stopped working, in the fall of 2005, Marilyn returned to New York to appear as a special guest of The Mabel Mercer Foundation at New York’s renowned Rose Hall at Lincoln Center. Since then Marilyn has never been busier. In the last three years, her eight 10-day runs at the Metropolitan Room in New York have been received with rave reviews and packed houses. She will open March 2nd for two weeks at the prestigious Feinstein’s, in the Regency Hotel, New York. Audiences from coast-to-coast and all points in between have been wowed by Marilyn’s unforgettable performances of today and yesterday.
