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Maude Maggart
Biography
Cabaret singer Maude Maggart comes from a family steeped in the world of professional entertainment. Her maternal grandmother, Millicent Green, appeared in George White's Scandals of 1926 and met Maggart's grandfather, Johnny McAfee, when she successfully auditioned to become the girl singer in the Johnny Hamp Band in 1937; McAfee was a reed player in the band and, after they were married, he moved on to the Harry James Orchestra. Maggart's parents, Brandon Maggart and Diane McAfee, were Broadway performers who met when they were both cast in the 1970 musical Applause. Her younger sister is pop singer/songwriter Fiona Apple. She was born in Manhattan and raised in Los Angeles until the age of seven, when her parents separated and she moved with her mother and sister back to New York. There, she attended La Guardia High School of Performing Arts (the high school immortalized in Fame). She was living with her father in Los Angeles in 2000 when she began performing at open-mike nights, notably at the Gardenia in West Hollywood.

Initially mentored by Andrea Marcovicci, Maggart was introduced to New York's club scene by Michael Feinstein, who had her make a guest appearance on his Christmas show in 2001; she made her formal nightclub debut at Danny's Skylight Room in Manhattan in 2003 with a program devoted to songs of the 1920s.
Selected Discography