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Morgana King was a jazz and sophisticated pop singer, who also became a successful movie actor, and juggled the two careers across three or four decades. The daughter of Sicilian parents, she was born Maria Morgana Messina in Pleasantville, NY, in 1930, she started singing professionally when she was 16, and in her early ‘20s was spotted performing in a Greenwich Village club, which eventually led to a recording contract with Mercury. This 49-track 2-CD collection comprises all the titles from her albums “For You, For Me, Forever More” on Emarcy, “Sings The Blues” on Mercury “Let Me Love You” on United Artists and “Greatest Songs Ever Swung” on RCA, plus titles from singles on Mercury. It features performances with top class small jazz groups, which variously include noted names like Harvey Leonard, Terry Gibbs, Barry Galbraith, Ernie Furtado, Chauncey Welsch, Hank Jones, Al Caiola, Mundell Lowe, Jimmy Jones, Chuck Wayne, and others. She later made her screen debut as Mama Corleone in the 1972 movie “The Godfather” and became a major star. This collection provides a great introduction to her music via her early albums and offers substantial and entertaining showcase for her stylish and elegantly distinctive way with a song.
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