| Background | person |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Marcia Blank |
| Alias | Marcie Blane, Marcie Blaine, Marcy Blaine, Marsei Frean, Marcia Blaine |
| Birth date | May 21, 1944 (age 82) |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York |
| Genre | Pop |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Label | Seville Records, London Records |
Marcia Blank (born May 21, 1944),[1] known as Marcie Blane, is an American former pop singer known for her 1962 hit song, "Bobby's Girl".[2]
Life and career
Blane was born in Brooklyn, New York.[3] As a favor to a friend, Blane recorded a demo for Seville Records. The song was "Bobby's Girl". Released in the fall of 1962, "Bobby's Girl" made No. 2 on the Cash Box chart and No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100,[3] and was later recorded for the German market in their language. It sold over one million copies by 1963, and was awarded a gold disc.[4] In the United Kingdom the song was covered by Susan Maughan who had the hit.[4] "What Does A Girl Do?", the follow-up single,[3] rose to No. 82 on the Hot 100 list in early 1963, and was Blane's only other appearance on any Billboard chart.[5]
After her music career, Blane graduated from Queens College. She started a family and began a career in education. In a rare 1988 interview, Blane remarked, "The music business was impossible for me to deal with. Everything changed. I felt very isolated and very lonely. I decided not to continue. I couldn't. It was too difficult. I didn't feel comfortable in front of a lot of people, with everyone making a fuss. I didn't have the sense of myself that I needed. It's taken all these years to be able to enjoy what there was."[6]
Discography
Singles
| Year | Title | Label and catalogue number | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard | US Cashbox | USR&B | CAN [7][8] | NZ[9] | SWE[10] | |||
| 1962 | "Guessin' Games" b/w "Thank You" | Broadway Recording Studios (unreleased acetates) (Shown as "Marcia Blank" and "Marsha Blank") | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Suddenly It's Over" b/w "A Time to Dream" (Demo) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I'm Just a Cute Little Girl" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Bobby's Girl" b/w "A Time to Dream" | Seville 120 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1963 | "What Does a Girl Do?" b/w "How Can I Tell Him?" | Seville 123 | 82 | 62 | — | 42 | — | — |
| "Little Miss Fool" b/w "Ragtime Sound" | Seville126 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "You Gave My Number to Billy" b/w "Told You So" | Seville 128 | — | 143 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Why Can't I Get a Guy" b/w "Who's Going to Take My Daddy's Place" | Seville 130 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1964 | "Bobby Did" b/w "After the Laughter" | Seville 133 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1965 | "The Hurtin' Kind" b/w "She'll Break the String" | Seville 137 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Compilation album
Bobby's Girl: The Complete Seville Recordings (2004, President Records)
- "Bobby's Girl" (Mono) 2:18
- "A Time to Dream" 2:03
- "What Does a Girl Do?" 2:18
- "How Can I Tell Him?" 2:59
- "Little Miss Fool" 2:23
- "Ragtime Sound" 2:18
- "You Gave My Number to Billy" 2:08
- "Told You So" 2:00
- "Why Can't I Get a Guy" 2:08
- "Who's Going to Take My Daddy's Place?" 2:26
- "Bobby Did" 2:17
- "After the Laughter" 2:19
- "The Hurtin' Kind" 2:42
- "She'll Break the String" 2:22
- "Wer Einmal 'A' Gesagt (What Does a Girl Do?)" 2:16
- "So Ist Das Leben (How Can I Tell Him?)" 3:01
- "Guessin' Games" (Previously Unreleased Demo) 2:00
- "Thank You" (Previously Unreleased Demo) 2:14
- "Suddenly It's Over" (Previously Unreleased Demo) 2:08
- "I'm Just a Cute Little Girl" (Previously Unreleased Demo) 1:51
- "A Time to Dream" (Previously Unreleased Demo) 2:08
- "Bobby's Girl" (Previously Unreleased Demo – Stereo) 2:23
References
- ^ "Marcie Blane". Musicbrainz.org. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
- ^ "Marcie Blane". spectropop.com. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
- ^ Colin Larkin (ed.) (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. First ed. Guinness Publishing. p. 265. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs. 2nd ed. London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 142. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- ^ "Marcie Blane What Does A Girl Do? Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
- ^ "Marcie Blane"
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - December 24, 1962"
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - February 4, 1963"
- ^ "flavour of new zealand – Lever hit parades". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- ^ "Marcie Blane – Se alla låtar och listplaceringar" (in Swedish). NostalgiListan. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
