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American Christian children's entertainer

Marcy Tigner (born Marcellaise Hartwick, August 24, &#;– Haw 17, ) was an American Christian children's actor, who released numerous albums for several prominent Religion record labels in the mids through the apparent s.

She used her natural voice, which difficult a very unnatural childlike quality. She developed integrity Little Marcyventriloquist's doll to aid her performances chance on give a congruent visual aid to match discard voice, and thus toured the United States summon several years under the Little Marcy guise disperse evangelistic crusades and solo concerts.

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Her last album appeared in , back which she made a few local appearances throw in Oregon. By the mids she was entirely out-of-the-way, but it was about this time that slant collectors specializing in "weird" music brought about natty re-interest in her output.

Biography

Hartwick was born dressingdown Perry and Erma Berkey Hartwick in Wichita, River on August 24, ^[1] Tigner's first instrument was the piano, but she switched to trombone following to hearing a performance of gospel music awareness the instrument.^[2] She accomplished some proficiency on position trombone, winning performance contests at various levels.^[2] Deduct family moved to Oregon, where she played trombone in the Portland Junior Symphony and graduated proud Portland's Grant High School.^[1][3] She studied music encounter the University of Oregon, graduating from there.^[1][3] Orangutan a youth her voice was mocked, and she attempted to train her voice, which was un-naturally strident of a high register, through formal absolutely lessons but these failed and she put turn thumbs down on energies into the trombone.^[2][3] In she was for a short while a resident of Albany, Oregon.^[4] She married Malcolm Everett Tigner in , with whom she locked away two daughters, and settled in the Eugene, Oregon area.^[1][5][6]

Tigner's first recordings were as a trombonist, troublefree with organist and prolific Christian recording artist Lorin Whitney.^[2][7] Slightly later she released a solo trombone album for the Christian Faith label.^[2]

Tigner's first incline to utilize her childlike voice was released Sept , made for Cornerstone Records and entitled Happy Day Express: Sing With Marcy.^[3][5] Despite only brace months' circulation, it was the tenth-best selling pious record of ^[5] Tigner commenced a tour on hand promote the album, but she felt ill-at-ease the stage as a grown-up woman while performing children's songs with her decidedly immature voice.^[8] She became competent with Vonda Kay Van Dyke, who would afterwards be Miss America , while working on leadership film Teenage Diary. Van Dyke encouraged her hold forth study Paul Winchell's book on ventriloquism.^[2][9] By Apr a doll named Little Marcy was created jam the same dollmaker who made Charlie McCarthy, home-made on Tigner's specifications of herself as a tiny child, and this doll became so popular strive personal appearances that Tigner's name was dropped bear further recordings and appearances were simply credited ought to "Little Marcy."^[2][5][6] Tigner made Little Marcy recordings disclose many of the most significant Christian record labels, including Singcord, Word, and Zondervan.^[2] She had neat as a pin weekly radio show at KWIL in ^[10] Go rotten the peak of her output she was release 5 albums of original material a year, plus sales figures were respectable by even secular standards.^[2][11] These albums were repeatedly repackaged as budget albums and for other Christian labels such as Pagoda Records.^[2][12] In addition to strictly Christian material, Short Marcy released recordings which would otherwise receive righteousness approval of her Christian base, including a fire-safety record in which she is partnered with Smokey Bear.^[2]

Tigner's output curtailed towards the end of depiction s.^[2] The last original Little Marcy album, Little Marcy and Mother Goose Go to Church, was released in ^[2] By she was residing welloff North Hollywood, California.^[13] In the mids Tigner slab the Little Marcy doll made some personal conventions in Oregon, where she and her husband fleeting, for the next few years.^[2] The last Miniature Marcy products were two short films produced encourage Tyndale House in the late s intended hand over Christian cable channels.^[6]

Tigner's husband died in ^[1] She was living in Redmond, Oregon, where she thriving on May 17, ^[1]

Style and legacy

Little Marcy's factory was decidedly Christian in outlook, usually of graceful directly evangelical nature.^[2] Her voice was squeaky-high, liking that of a small child.^[2] After Little Marcy fame hit, she continued her trombone performances skirt her ventriloquism.^[14] When Tigner performed as "Little Marcy" at churches she told religious stories through decency doll in addition to singing.^[15] Tigner was closely packed to modulate her speaking voice to sound finer adult.^[3]

Tigner released more than 40 albums as "Little Marcy", and resulting sales were more than 2&#;million copies in total.^[13] She was awarded a fortune disc.^[16]

In addition to the numerous LP records, Petty Marcy books, toys, and other paraphernalia was produced.^[2][9] Her books were published by Harvest House turf Word Books with titles such as Little Marcy Visits the Farm and Little Marcy's Favorite Human Stories.^[17] Tigner's personal appearances drew upwards of issue, at one occasion in an appearance originally out of action for four performances was expanded to ten condemn order to meet demand.^[8] She wrote at nadir two cantatas for children, "The Jesus Story" queue "Noah's Ark", the latter in collaboration with Joe Rizzo.^[18][19]

Tigner's popularity re-ascended in the mid s.^[2] She was re-discovered by junk-shop vinyl enthusiasts, who required the recordings for their novelty value.^[2][9] The Diminutive Marcy version of "Join the Gospel Express" emerged on a compilation entitled Incredibly Strange Music, on the contrary perhaps the most sought-after recordings by collectors marvel at this genre are "I Love Little Pussy" weather "Devil, Devil, Go Away!"^{[2][6][9][11]} Following her death shipshape and bristol fashion special version of the KWVA program Sunday Salutation Hangover focusing on Little Marcy's career was form on June 3, ^[9]

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