Ginny Arnell
| Ginny Arnell | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Virginia Mazarro |
| Born |
2 November 1942 New Haven, Connecticut, US |
| Genres | Pop, country music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1959–1965 |
| Labels | Decca, Warwick, MGM |
| Associated acts | Gene Pitney |
Ginny Arnell (born Virginia Mazarro, November 2, 1942) is an American former pop and country music singer and songwriter who recorded in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, she attended East Haven High School, and began making local television appearances as a child. While still at school she won a national competition as "most talented teenager" in the US, following which she made numerous TV and radio appearances. At the suggestion of manager Martin Kugell she was paired with another local teenager, Gene Pitney, and they recorded for Decca Records in New York City in 1959 as a duo, Jamie & Jane. Two singles were released by the pair, "Snuggle Up Baby", and "Faithful Our Love" (co-written by Pitney and Mazarro), but neither achieved chart success. Both she and Pitney then became solo acts, and she released three singles for Decca as Ginny Arnell – "Mister Saxophone" (written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield), "Carnival", and "Look Who's Talkin'" – but again without success. "Look Who's Talkin'" was written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, and its B-side, "Tell Me What He Said", written by Jeff Barry, was recorded by British singer Helen Shapiro in 1962 and became a #2 hit on the UK singles chart.
In 1961 Arnell moved to Warwick Records, releasing two singles, "Tribute To You" and "He Likes Rock And Roll Better Than Me". Again, neither charted. However, she had more success after moving to the MGM label in 1963. Her first single for the label, "Dumb Head", written by David Hess and Camille Monte, produced by Jim Vienneau, and described at Allmusic as "pathetically self-deprecating", reached #50 on the Billboard Hot 100. She appeared on American Bandstand to promote the record, and also recorded the song in Japanese.
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