For the American politician, see Mary E. Small. For the New Zealand market gardener and farmer, see Mary Elizabeth Small. For the minister of the AME Zion Church, see Mary J. Small.
Mary Small
Born
Harriette Mary Small
(1922-05-14)May 14, 1922
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died
February 27, 2007(2007-02-27) (aged 84)
Harlem, New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)
Singer, actress, radio personality
Years active
1928–2007
Musical career
Website
marysmall.net
Musical artist
Mary Small (May 10, 1922 – February 27, 2007) was a singing personality during the Golden Age of Radio[1] and hosted her own broadcasts for 14 consecutive years across all major networks.[2] She headlined or opened at "presentation houses" from the 1930s through the 1950s including the Paramount Theater,[3] Madison Square Garden, the London Palladium,[4] the Copacabana with Sammy Davis, Jr.,[5][6] and the Palace Theater in Chicago.
In addition to being an established recording artist,[7] she was a published author[8] and performed on film, television[citation needed] and Broadway[9] during her career.[10] She was the first singer to be widely promoted as The Little Girl With The Big Voice, a moniker likely adopted by her first manager Ed Wolfe that was marketed in the Fleischer Brothers' Love Thy Neighbor, distributed by Paramount Pictures in 1934.[11][12] The moniker "Little Girl With The Big Voice" was subsequently used to promote female singing prodigies from Judy Garland to Jackie Evancho. She was married for a time to the composer Vic Mizzy with whom she had a widely publicized divorce.[13] Her life is the subject of a documentary by Rafael Moscatel.[14]
^"From Child Star To Glamour Girl" (PDF). Tune In. December 1945. p. 41. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
^Husch, Larry (1933–1947). "OTRRpedia" (Database). Database Of Old Time Radio Programs And People. OTTRpedia.com. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
^Goldin, J. David (1937). "Radio Gold Index". Riding High Chronology 1937. radiogoldindex.com. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
^Billboard Magazine. Music Section. January 24, 1953. p. 44. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^Milwaukee Sentinel. April 15, 1954. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^"Richard Nixon, Sammy Davis Jr. And Mary - 1954". The Little Girl With The Big Voice. Rafael Moscatel. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
^Small, Mary (2010). "Best Female Voices Of The 1950s". Careless, The Brush Off. Masters Classics Records. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
^Small, Mary (July 1949). "Mistaken Hour". Woman's Home Companion: 22–23, 52–54. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
^Small, Mary. "Credits". IBDB. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
^Siegel, David (2010). Remembering Radio: An Oral History Of Old-Time Radio. Albany, Georgia: BearManor Media. pp. 246–266. ISBN 978-1-59393-537-5.
^Small, Mary (1934). "Love Thy Neighbor" (audiovisual). Fleischer Studios. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
^IMDB. "Love Thy Neighbor". Screen Songs Love Thy Neighbor. Paramount Pictures. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
^Neigher, Harry (February 12, 1961). "Has Mizzy In A Tizzy". Sunday Herald. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
^"The Little Girl With The Big Voice (2015)". imdb.com/. IMDB. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
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