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Mimi Hines’s enduring career as a singer and a comedienne began August 28, 1958 when she and her partner, Phil Ford, appeared for the first time on The Tonight Show. Shesang “Till There Was You,” Jack Paar cried, and Ford and Hineswere in instant demand, frequently appearing on that show and many others. Following Funny Girl, she starred in national touring companies. During this period, Hines also recorded two very successful albums for Decca, reissued by Harbinger for the first time on CD.
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Mimi Hines’s enduring career as a singer and a comedienne began August 28, 1958 when she and her partner, Phil Ford, appeared for the first time on The Tonight Show. Shesang “Till There Was You,” Jack Paar cried, and Ford and Hineswere in instant demand, frequently appearing on that show and many others.
After headlining in all the top nightclubs and showrooms in the country, Hines parlayed her career by replacing Barbra Streisand on Broadway in Funny Girl, running this star vehicle for 18 months on her own star power. Following Funny Girl, she starred in national touring companies of I Do! I Do! and The Prisoner of Second Avenue, as well as star packages of Anything Goes, Never Too Late, The Pajama Game, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, No, No, Nanette, Sugar and many others.
During this period, Hines also recorded two very successful albums for Decca, reissued by Harbinger for the first time on CD.
Hines continues to headline in nightclubs and concert halls throughout the world, most recently at Feinstein’s at the Regency. She appeared with the Los Angeles Pops Orchestra and starred in national tours of Sugar Babies and Nite Club Confidential and, along with such peers as Rosemary Clooney and Eydie Gorme, on a recorded salute to Johnny Mercer titled Mostly Mercer.
