Linda Manning
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Linda Elane Manning Grissom (born November 24, 1946 in Cullman; died December 18, 2005 in Cullman) was a country and pop singer.
Manning recorded a half-dozen tracks for Columbia, Tennessee-based Doke Records in the late 1950s and earned a spot as a featured singer on WAPI-TV in Birmingham, and hosted her own radio program from Cullman. In 1964 she was featured alongside Lee Stover and Tony Bellus on Cincinnati, Ohio's WLW-TV music variety program "Jamboree".
She married baseball player, actor and minister Mel Novak in Birmingham in October 1968 and lived with him in Hollywood, California.
References
- "Country Goes Color On Crosley TV Net" (September 5, 1964) Billboard