Background
Morgan was born in Mancos in Montezuma County in far southwestern Colorado, but her family moved to California by the time she was in high school.
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Career
1950s In 1950, a year after her graduation from high school, Morgan made a recording of "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" issued by Derby Records, which made it to the Top 10 in the United States. Billboard record chart. Soon after, she received an Radio Corporation of America Victor recording contract, and she had five hits in one year, including "That"s All I Want from You," her biggest hit, which reached #3 on the chart. Other notable hits included "The Longest Walk" and "Pepper Hot Baby".
She joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Records in 1959 after spending the previous six years with Radio Corporation of America Victor.
From 1954 to 1955, Morgan was a vocalist on the American Broadcasting Company television series show Stop the Music. In 1956, she had her own The Morgan Show and made guest appearances on a number of other variety shows.
In 1958, Morgan appeared on American Broadcasting Company"s The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom. On October 6, 1960, she guest starred on National Broadcasting Company"s The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.
1960s and 1970s In 1962, she played Patty Maxwell in "Patti"s Tune" of the Columbia Broadcasting System military sitcom/drama Hennesey, starring Jackie Cooper.
That same year, she was cast as Kitty Flanders in "That"s Showbiz" on National Broadcasting Company"s The Joey Bishop Show. In 1964, Morgan was cast as Ruth Evans in the episode "Sunday Father" of the National Broadcasting Company medical drama, The Eleventh Hour. She spent considerable time in the 1960s making nightclub appearances.
In 1966, she guest starred on Columbia Broadcasting System"s My Three Sons as fading singer Claudia Farrell in the episode entitled "A Falling Star".
In 1973, Morgan played herself in the episode "The Songwriter" of the sitcom, The Odd Couple. She appeared as Magda Valentine in the film The All-American Boy, and continued to play small roles in films such as Loose Shoes (1980), Night Patrol (1984) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992).
Morgan guest starred on The Muppet Show (episode 218) in which she and Doctor Teeth sang "That Old Black Magic." Game show panelist From 1976 to 1978, Morgan was a regular panelist on the popular game/variety show The Gong Show. She also appeared on Rhyme and Reason and Match Game and in the 1980 "behind-the-scenes" movie version of The Gong Show.
Morgan appeared in the 2002 George Clooney-directed film Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, a fictionalized version of the life of Chuck Barris, creator of television game shows The Gong Show and The Dating Game.
Membership
She was a charter member of the Robert Q. Lewis "gang" on Lewis"s weekday program on Columbia Broadcasting System, and was featured on a special episode of The Jackie Gleason Show in which Lewis"s entire company substituted for the vacationing Gleason.
