Betty Morgan (singer)
American vocalist and recording artist
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Betty Morgan was a singer, performer, and recording artist. She recorded on Pathé Records.[1] Jim Morgan played the piano, violin, and banjo.[2] By 1931, Morgan had teamed with Emmet Gilly (formerly Emmet Guilfoyle), formerly of Guilfoyle and Lange (Elsie Lange),[3] with Morgan performing on the piano and Emmet singing and doing comedy.[4][5]
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She and Jim Morgan performed "Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding You" and "Cleopatra Had a Jazz Band". They performed with a "Collegiate Orchestra".[6] Two songs she recorded are on the jazz record Bring On the Girls (1926-1930)[7] released in 2010 by Challenge Records.[8]
In 1920, Jim and Betty reportedly split and she was to take a few months rest cure after a "nervous spell".[9] She sang and he played piano in the 1929 Vitaphone short film Songs as You Like Them.[10][11]
A reviewer described her as "clever in her musical recitations."[12] Another review noted they had youth, magnetism, appearance, and ability.[13]
Songs they performed include "Then I Forgot", "Just a Little Bit, Not Just Right", and "That's All I Wanted to Know".[14]
Discography
- "Hoosier Sweetheart"/"What I Call A Pal" on Pathé 32249
- Two records were made of her singing Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies"[15]