Micki Marlo (August 12, 1928 – September 20, 2016) was an American singer and model, best known in the 1950s, who received attention for both her singing and her beauty. She was a member of WPEN Philadelphia's "950 Club", a radio precursor of ''

American Bandstand ''American Bandstand'' (AB) is an American Music television, music performance and dance television series that aired in various iterations from 1952 to 1989. It was hosted by Dick Clark who also served as the program's Television producer, pr ...

''. She worked the variety show circuit in the 1950s, appearing on the original

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with

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. Micki was a member of the cast of

Ziegfeld Follies The ''Ziegfeld Follies'' were a series of elaborate theatrical revue productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 to 1931, with renewals in 1934, 1936, 1943, and 1957. They became a radio program in 1932 and 1936 as '' The Ziegfeld Foll ...

of 1957

Recordings

She recorded a duet with

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, "What You've Done To Me" in 1957. Her

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album, ''Married I Can Always Get'', featured her on the cover in a photo wearing a low-cut, bare-shouldered wedding dress. The liner notes make frequent references to her physical charms. "Little By Little", a

Nappy Brown Napoleon Brown Goodson Culp (October 12, 1929 – September 20, 2008) better known by his stage name Nappy Brown, was an American Rhythm and blues, R&B singing, singer. His hit record, hits include the 1955 ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard' ...

cover, was her only hit.

Latter years work

In the early 1960s she appeared on the game show ''Charge Account'', and paired up with Ed Hurst again to co-host ''Summer Time On The Pier'', another live dance show, this time from

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, for WRCV-TV.

Death

Marlo died in

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, on September 20, 2016, at the age of 88.

References

External links

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An Interview with Micki Marlo - Part One (2011)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marlo, Micki 1928 births 2016 deaths American women singers Ziegfeld girls Musicians from Philadelphia Singers from Pennsylvania 21st-century American women