Margaret Whiting (July 22, 1924-January 10, 2011) was an American tradition… Read Full Bio ↴Margaret Whiting (July 22, 1924-January 10, 2011) was an American traditional pop music singer in the 1940s and 1950s.

Her musical talent may have been inherited; her father Richard Whiting, was a famous composer of popular songs. She also had an aunt, Margaret Young, who was also a singer and popular recording artist in the 1920s. In her childhood her singing ability was already noticed, and at the age of only seven she sang for singer-lyricist Johnny Mercer, with whom her father had worked on some popular songs. In 1942, Mercer started Capitol Records with two partners, and signed her as one of their earliest recording artists.

Until the mid-1950s, she continued to record for Capitol, but as she ceased to record songs that charted as hits, switched to Dot Records in 1958 and to Verve Records in 1960. She came back to Capitol in the mid-1960s, then went to London Records in 1966. On London, Whiting landed one last major hit single in 1966, "The Wheel Of Hurt," which hit #1 on the Easy Listening singles chart.

She continued to sing into the 1990s.

During the 1950s, she was married to record executive Lou Busch, who also recorded semi-anonymously as the ragtime pianist Joe "Fingers" Carr. They had one daughter. Her late-life marriage to younger gay porn star Jack Wrangler raised many eyebrows. When they first began dating, he protested, "But I'm gay!" to which she replied, "Only around the edges, dear."

She died on January 10, 2011 at the age of eighty-six.

Day In Day Out
Margaret Whiting Lyrics

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Day in, day out
The same old hoodoo follows me about
The same old pounding in my heart whenever I think of you
And, darling, I think of you
Day in and day out

Day out, day in
I needn't tell you how my days begin

When I awake, I awaken with a tingle
One possibility in view
That possibility of maybe seeing you

Come rain, come shine
I meet you and to me the day is fine
Then I kiss your lips
And the pounding becomes
The ocean's roar
A thousand drums
Can't you see it's love
Can there be any doubt

When there it is
Day in, day out

Overall Meaning

In "Day In Day Out," Margaret Whiting sings about being haunted by a love that never fades away. The lyrics capture the deep emotions she feels for her lover who is, seemingly, always on her mind regardless of time, circumstance or place. She cannot help but think of him constantly, and even when she tries to focus on other things, his memory comes back to her in waves, making her feel helpless yet elated at the same time.

Whiting talks about how the same old hoodoo follows her wherever she goes; she can't escape the same feelings of love that she has been experiencing for some time now. The pounding in her heart is only heightened when she thinks of her lover. Whiting is so consumed by these feelings that she wakes up with a tingle every day, hoping that she will get to see him. She finds herself looking forward to the moments when she can kiss him, making her feel like the day has been worth it.

In the chorus, Whiting explains that regardless of the weather or any other external factor, meeting him is what makes her day. When she finally gets to kiss her lover, the pounding in her heart grows louder, and it becomes the ocean's roar, and the moment is so special to her that she describes it as if a thousand drums are playing in her head. Despite all of this, she tells her lover that he should be able to see that it's love and that there can be no doubt about it.

Day In Day OutMargaret Whiting Lyrics

Day In Day Out
Margaret Whiting Lyrics