from the New York City Hotel Edison. Parker would open the show with the glass harp or musical glasses and feature the popular latin sound on her marimba with her orchestra. Parker was also known for her starring roles in music films (Soundies), such as Broadway and Main with Stepin Fetchit, Four Letters, Here Comes the Fattest Man in Town with comedic personality Mel Blanc as Santa Claus, Penthouse Party featuring Parker playing the glass harp, and Wise Men Say, all produced and directed by William Forest Crouch. She composed the music and wrote the lyrics for the films. Soundies were viewed on a Panoram, a coin-operated film jukebox in bars, nightclubs, restaurants, amusement parks, and community centers. Personal life Parker was engaged to Barney Young until his death during the late 1960s. He was her manager and co-wrote several songs with her. She resided in Laurel Hollow on Long Island at the time of her death. Parker died on April 13, 2022, at a hospital in Syosset, New York. She was 100 years old. Select discography "In Santiago by the Sea" by Gloria Parker and recorded by Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra "Tonight Be Tender to Me" by Gloria Parker and recorded by Una Mae Carlisle "Daddy from Georgia Way" recorded by Bob Chester and his Orchestra on Columbia Records, lyrics and music by Daisy Lawton, a pen name for Gloria Parker "Marimba Merengue" by Gloria Parker "Stars and Stripes Forever Merengue" by Gloria Parker "The Best Idea You Had" by Gloria Parker and recorded by Una Mae Carlisle with Bob Chester and his Orchestra "The Up and Down Mambo" by Gloria Parker "The Sweetest Words I Know" by Gloria Parker on Columbia Records with Vincent Lopez Orchestra "Shake the Maracas" lyrics and music by Gloria Parker, and name of a radio program on WABC hosted by Gloria Parker and Vincent Lopez "The Dixieland Rhumba" lyrics and music by Gale Porter, a pen name for Gloria Parker. Filmography Broadway Danny Rose (1984) References Radio Music Live 1920–1950, A Pictorial Gamut by Morris N. Young and John C. Stoltzfus, Published by Arrangement with Life Music, Inc., pp. 47, 50, 237, 239, 240, 241 Singing Glasses is also the name of a 1980 record album composed by Gloria Parker playing the glass harp. Life, May 1959, "Rising to a Point of Disorder", Famous One Share Stockholder Gloria Parker confronting Radio Corporation