Sylvia Murphy (September 24, 1931 – February 24, 2021) was a Canadian singer who was popular on radio and television programs on the CBC from 1949 to 1964.

Biography

She was the oldest child of Celia (née Zoddickson) and John Murphy. Her mother was from a Belarusian Jewish family and her father was of Irish Catholic descent, but both were natives of

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. They met in Montreal after both emigrated there separately. Murphy got her start in nightclubs, and then was the featured singer on the radio programs ''Coca-Cola Refreshment Time'' and ''Club O'Connor'' with Billy O'Connor. She moved to television with a break on '' Cross-Canada Hit Parade'' and later became the singer for

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's Orchestra on the ''Jack Kane Show'', ''Music Makers'' and ''Music '60''. She was also a regular performer on the ''

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Hour''. She was married to Charles Templeton. Her children include comic-book artist

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; internet entrepreneur Brad Templeton; TV host and director

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; and prominent tax attorney Michael Templeton, a partner at McMillan LLP. She later married William C. Tate, GM of

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, a leading aerospace manufacturer. Murphy died on February 24, 2021, after contracting

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during the

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. She was 89.

References

External links

Sylvia Murphy YouTube Channel
Canadian women jazz singers Musicians from Montreal Musicians from Toronto 1931 births 2021 deaths Anglophone Quebec people Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada Canadian people of Belarusian-Jewish descent Canadian people of Irish descent {{Jazz-singer-stub