Roberta Quinlan

Roberta Quinlan (born Roberta Englemeier) is an American musician.

Early years Quinlan was born Roberta Englemeier, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred A. Engelmeier, in St. Louis, Missouri.

In 1937, doing a favor for a friend resulted in a career opportunity for Quinlan. A St. Louis radio station held a contest to select a vocalist for a program, and Quinlan went to play piano for a singing friend in her audition. At the contest director's urging, Quinlan also sang, accompanying herself at the piano. Quinlan won the competition, and her career was about to begin.

During World War II Quinlan performed for American military personnel in the United States and overseas. and Quinlan moved into the thrice-weekly schedule. Quinlan's performances on the program led to her winning the Favorite Woman TV Singer Award from Radio Television Mirror magazine for 1950. Her success on the TV program pleased Mohawk executives enough that they created a radio program for her.

Quinlan was a guest on TV shows of Steve Allen, Jackie Gleason, Guy Lombardo, Ken Murray and Johnny Carson, Molasses, Molasses", and "You Wonderful You" in 1950 and "Any Old Time" and "The Unbirthday Song" in 1951. In 1969, she recorded "Merry Go Round of Love", which initially was released only for play in jukeboxes. She was named Jukebox Queen of 1969.

Personal life Quinlan married Jack Quinlan, an aircraft company executive