Bertha tillman biography

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Not a Top 40 hit, and I have no specific question, but among my Top 5
all-time personal faves is a June 1962, #61 peaking hit on the Hot 100:
"Oh My Angel" by Bertha Tillman (Brent 7029).

Aside from one alleged, b-
w publicity photo (that has her looking amazingly similar to Connie
Francis, and which I do believe to actually be Bertha; as some info I've
seen also said she dabbled in modeling), any information on her at all has
been just about impossible for anyone to glean.

As a result, an unusually
high number of "Whatever happened to Bertha Tillman?" queries have
emerged over the years, especially given her single, low-charting hit, and
minimal overall success as a popular recording artist.

Using a combination of of old public records, some valuable, key, later-
confirmed details shared by a former daughter-in-