Mary Ann

Mary Ann or Maryann or Mary Anne may refer to:

People

Music

Songs

Mary Ann (Ray Charles song)

"Mary Ann" is a song written and performed by Ray Charles and released in 1956 as a single on the Atlantic Records label. It was the third Ray Charles song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Best Selling Rhythm & Blues chart. The song is set to a Latin beat, but switches into a swing rhythm, "an alternation that adds fun for the dancers." It has been described as "a sexy blues," and "a lightly lascivious tune."

The song was written about Mary Ann Fisher, a singer who had recently joined Charles' band as a featured vocalist in his touring shows. Despite Charles' marriage, the two became lovers, and Fisher appears on a number of his Atlantic recordings. Fisher left Ray Charles in 1958 after he had added the Raelettes, formerly the Cookies, as female vocal backup to his band.

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Mary Ann (album)

Mary Ann is the first studio album recorded by Puerto Rican singer Mary Ann Acevedo. The first single of this album are Mírame (English: Look at me).

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Singles

Mary Ann Magnin

Mary Ann Magnin (1850-1943) was a Dutch-born American businesswoman. She was the co-founder of I. Magnin, an upscale women's clothing store in San Francisco, California.

Early life

Mary Ann Cohen was born in 1850 in Scheveningen, The Hague, the Netherlands. Her father was a rabbi. She immigrated to England with her parents, settling in London, where she grew up.

Career

In the wake of the California Gold Rush, she decided to immigrate to the West coast of the United States with her husband and children. They arrived in San Francisco in 1875, traveling via Cape Horn. She established a clothing store in Oakland, where she sold baby clothes, lingerie, and bridal trousseaux. Two years later, in 1877, she moved the business to a larger store in San Francisco, and it became known as I. Magnin.

Even though she retired in 1900, she kept visiting her store daily until her death.

Personal life

She married Isaac Magnin on October 8, 1865 at the Great Synagogue of London. She was only sixteen years old. They had eight children: Samuel, Henrietta, Joseph, Emanuel John, Victor, Lucille, Flora, and Grover. They resided at the Saint Francis Hotel on Union Square.