Corky Robbins, the stage name of Margaret Johnson Bosworth, was an American singer and songwriter. "Whispering Winds" and " Conquest" were two of her most successful compositions. The later song was also recorded by The White Stripes. A graduate of the College Conservatory of Music, Robbins performed on the radio and in nightclubs. She also composed and performed as a duo with Johnny Bosworth. Robbins and Bosworth recorded one single for

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I Won't Believe It" / "Oh How I Love You" (OKeh 6957, 1953) They were featured on two songs by Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra, "Loaded with Love" (1952) and "When I Gave You My Love" (1953). In 1955, Nat King Cole recorded the Robbins song "Don't Hurt the Girl" as a b-side to "My One Sin (In Life)". In 1960, as Margaret Johnson Bosworth, she composed a 45-minute work for children's chorus, narrator, and solo

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that premiered at the Cincinnati May Festival. She died 15 May 1967 at her home in New York City.

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