She was born in
Detroit, Michigan, on February 23, 1891. She had four sisters; three older and one younger. Young began her professional career in
Detroit, Michigan. She sang at theaters, dinner clubs, and on
Vaudeville. Young first recorded commercially for the
Victor Talking Machine Company in 1920. She recorded a series of
records for
Brunswick from 1922 through 1925 which sold well. She continued as a popular entertainer until the end of the decade. Young came out of retirement to record for
Capitol Records in 1949. Her sister was married to composer
Richard A. Whiting, some of whose songs she introduced, and her niece
Margaret Whiting also would become a popular singer throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Young died in
Inglewood, California, aged 78 after a brief illness. She was buried next to her late sister, Eleanore (widow of composer Richard Whiting and mother of singer Margaret Whiting) and is interred at the Holy Cross Cemetery in
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