Marian Montgomery, born Marian Maud Runnells on November 17, 1934 in Natchez,
Mississippi, was an American jazz singer. She started her career performing in
clubs in Atlanta and Chicago, where Peggy Lee recommended her to Capitol
Records. Under the name Marian Montgomery, she released three albums for Capitol
in the early 1960s: Swings for Winners and Losers; Let There Be Love, Let There
Be Swing, Let There Be; and Lovin' is Livin'. In 1963, she recorded the original
version of "That's Life", later popularized by Frank Sinatra. Montgomery moved
to the United Kingdom in 1965, wher...