Career
Born in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, and once called "the Marilyn Monroe of popular song", Marion Ryan was a popular singer of the 1950s in the early years of British Independent Television. Her song "Love Maine Forever" peaked at number five on the United Kingdom Singles Chart in 1958. She was the regular singer in the popular musical quiz Spot the Tune on Granada Television for seven years from 1956, with a total of 209 half-hour programmes, which featured several star hosts including disc-jockey Pete Murray, the Canadian popular singer Jackie Rae, and the comedians Ken Platt and Ted Ray, and also Peter Knight and his orchestra.
The show re-emerged in the 1970s as Name That Tune.
Ryan made one brief appearance as herself in a film with singer Tommy Steele.
