June Carroll

{ June Carroll (1917 – May 16, 2004) was an American lyricist, singer and actress. Born June Sillman in Detroit, Michigan, Carroll appeared in the Broadway musical New Faces of 1952, introducing the now-standard Guess Who I Saw Today, by Elise Boyd and Murray Grand, as well as two songs that she wrote with Arthur Siegel, "Penny Candy" and "Love Is a Simple Thing". The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra recorded "Love Is a Simple Thing." She and Siegel also wrote "Monotonous", introduced by Eartha Kitt in the show. It became one of her signature songs.

New Faces of 1952 - 2009-04-07 00:00:00

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