10 Facts About Margaret Young

Margaret Young was born in Detroit, Michigan, on February 23,1891.

Margaret Young had four sisters; three older and one younger.

Margaret Young sang at theaters, dinner clubs, and on Vaudeville.

Margaret Young first recorded commercially for the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1920.

Margaret Young recorded a series of records for Brunswick from 1922 through 1925 which sold well.

Margaret Young continued as a popular entertainer until the end of the decade.

Margaret Young came out of retirement to record for Capitol Records in 1949.

Margaret Young's sister was married to composer Richard A Whiting, some of whose songs she introduced, and her niece Margaret Whiting would become a popular singer throughout the 1940s and 1950s.

Margaret Young died in Inglewood, California, aged 78 after a brief illness.

Margaret Young was buried next to her late sister, Eleanore and is interred at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Los Angeles.