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Marcie Blane
American pop singer
Marcia Blank (born May 21, 1944),[1], known as Marcie Blane, is a former American pop singer from 1962 to 1965.
Blane was born in Brooklyn, New York.[2]
As a favor to a friend, Blane recorded a demo for Seville Records. The song was "Bobby's Girl". Released in the fall of 1962, "Bobby's Girl" made No. 2 on the Cash Box chart and No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] and was later recorded for the German market in their language. It sold over one million copies by 1963, and was awarded a gold disc.[3] In the United Kingdom the song was covered by Susan Maughan who had the hit.[3] "What Does A Girl Do?", the follow-up single,[2] rose to No. 82 on the Hot 100 list in early 1963, and was Blane's only other appearance on any Billboard chart.[4]
Singles
| Year | Title | Label and
catalogue number |
Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US | USR&B | CAN | NZ[5] | SWE[6] | |||
| 1962 | "Guessin' Games"
b/w "Thank You" |
Broadway Recording Studios
(unreleased acetates) (Shown as "Marcia Blank" and "Marsha Blank") |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Suddenly It's Over"
b/w "A Time to Dream" (Demo) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I'm Just a Cute Little Girl" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Bobby's Girl"
b/w "A Time to Dream" |
Seville 120 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1963 | "What Does a Girl Do?"
b/w "How Can I Tell Him?" |
Seville 123 | 82 | 62 | — | 42 | — | — |
| "Little Miss Fool"
b/w "Ragtime Sound" |
Seville126 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "You Gave My Number to Billy"
b/w "Told You So" |
Seville 128 | — | 143 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Why Can't I Get a Guy"
b/w "Who's Going to Take My Daddy's Place" |
Seville 130 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1964 | "Bobby Did"
b/w "After the Laughter" |
Seville 133 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1965 | "The Hurtin' Kind"
b/w "She'll Break the String" |
Seville 137 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Compilation album
Bobby's Girl: The Complete Seville Recordings (2004, President Records)
- "Bobby's Girl" (Mono) 2:18
- "A Time to Dream" 2:03
- "What Does a Girl Do?" 2:18
- "How Can I Tell Him?" 2:59
- "Little Miss Fool" 2:23
- "Ragtime Sound" 2:18
- "You Gave My Number to Billy" 2:08
- "Told You So" 2:00
- "Why Can't I Get a Guy" 2:08
- "Who's Going to Take My Daddy's Place?" 2:26
- "Bobby Did" 2:17
- "After the Laughter" 2:19
- "The Hurtin' Kind" 2:42
- "She'll Break the String" 2:22
- "Wer Einmal 'A' Gesagt (What Does a Girl Do?)" 2:16
- "So Ist Das Leben (How Can I Tell Him?)" 3:01
- "Guessin' Games" (Previously Unreleased Demo) 2:00
- "Thank You" (Previously Unreleased Demo) 2:14
- "Suddenly It's Over" (Previously Unreleased Demo) 2:08
- "I'm Just a Cute Little Girl" (Previously Unreleased Demo) 1:51
- "A Time to Dream" (Previously Unreleased Demo) 2:08
- "Bobby's Girl" (Previously Unreleased Demo – Stereo) 2:23
- "Marcie Blane". Musicbrainz.org. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
- Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 265. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 142. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- "Marcie Blane What Does A Girl Do? Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
- "flavour of new zealand – Lever hit parades". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- "Marcie Blane – Se alla låtar och listplaceringar". NostalgiListan (in Swedish). Retrieved February 4, 2022.