Joan Weber

Grean gave a demo of Weber singing "Marionette" to Mitch Miller, the head of artists and repertoire at Columbia Records.

ascended to #1 on the Billboard Most Played by Jockeys chart on January 1, 1955, the date that the rock and roll era began, according to music historians such as Joel Whitburn.

[citation needed] A few weeks after the Studio One broadcast, Weber began performing at the Copacabana in New York City without being prepared for such a venue.

[4] At the time of the song's biggest success, however, Weber gave birth to a daughter, Terry Lynn, and was unable to promote her career.

[5] On May 13, 1981, Weber died of heart failure at a mental institution in Ancora, Winslow Township, Camden County, New Jersey, aged 45.