Margherita Maria Francesca LaCentra (c.1910 - June 1, 1996) was an
American contralto singer, best known for her work on old-time radio
and her singing with Artie Shaw's orchestra. She also performed as
Barbara Fulton.Born in Boston, LaCentra studied at the Fenway Academy
of Dramatic Art and the New England Conservatory of Music and
graduated from Katharine Gibbs College.LaCentra worked as an announcer
at WNAC and performed on WBZ radio in Boston before moving to New York
in 1931 to work on network radio broadcasts. She performed on NBC
programs, including Beauty Box Theater, Circus Night in Silvertown,
and Lucky Smith.In 1934, LaCentra was billed as Barbara Fulton when
she sang with Leo Reisman's orchestra on radio. Use of the pseudonym
was necessary because Reisman's sponsor was a competitor of the one
for which she sang on another program. In December 1934, she began
singing with Harry Reser and his orchestra on a new weekly program on
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