Marjorie Helen Orwig (June 3, 1924 – June 14, 2000), better known as Margie Rayburn, was an American

traditional pop Traditional pop (also known as vocal pop or pre-rock and roll pop) is Western culture, Western pop music that generally pre-dates the advent of rock and roll in the mid-1950s. The most popular and enduring songs from this era of music are known ...

singer. Rayburn was born in

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, United States, and sang as a member of The Sunnysiders, who had a

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hit in the United States in 1955 with the song "Hey! Mr. Banjo".Joel Whitburn, ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits''. 7th edn, 2000 Rayburn married Norman Malkin, also a member of the Sunnysiders. She also had a Top Ten hit of her own in 1957 with the song "

I'm Available "I'm Available" is a song written by Dave Burgess and performed by Margie Rayburn. It reached #9 on the US pop chart in 1957. Other versions * Bonnie Lou released a version of the song as a single in 1957. * Line Renaud released a version of th ...

", which was written by Dave Burgess. The single, released on

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, reached No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in November 1957. As a songwriter she co-wrote with Malkin the 1963 song "Roman Holiday". Unable to find another hit, Rayburn retired from the music industry in the mid-1960s. She died on June 14, 2000, in

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, California, at the age of 76.

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