Did you know that the singer’s grandmother Taylor Swift Was he part of a popular Puerto Rican television show in the 1960s?
In the middle of the successful world tour “The Eras Tour”, with which he celebrates his 17th career anniversary and which is about to break the record as the most lucrative tour of all time, curiosity about his family awoke, especially about his grandmother Marjorie Finlay.
If you’re a “Swiftie,” you’ll remember that the 33-year-old singer, who became the first artist to reach 100 million monthly listeners on music platform Spotify, dedicated the song to her. “Marjorie” to his beloved grandmother.
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In addition, the interpreter was from “Look what you made me do.” has highlighted Marjorie’s influence on his fruitful musical career.
Here we tell you some curious facts about the maternal grandmother of one of the most influential celebrities of that time, which appear in several newspaper clippings from 1962:
♦ At a young age, Marjorie Moehlenkamp – her maiden name – was a well-known opera singer who was a member of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in the 1950s.
♦ She then married soldier Robert Finlay and due to military duties the couple lived in several Caribbean countries including Venezuela, Cuba and Puerto Rico.
♦ Marjorie lived on the Isle of Enchantment for seven years with her husband and daughter Andrea Gardner Swift, Taylor’s mother.
♦ During this time he was part of the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra and even had his own television program in the 1960s. “The Pan American Show” was a bilingual game show broadcast nightly by Santurce. Cuban producer Gaspar Pumarejo also took part in the popular show.
♦ Marjorie died on June 1, 2003 at the age of 74, and although she did not live to see what would become of her little granddaughter, there is no doubt that her story will always play an integral role in Swift’s life.
Press article reflecting on the life of Taylor Swift’s grandmother. (Included)
“Miss Finlay entered television in 1960 when an American girl who spoke broken Spanish was wanted for a bilingual Pan-American program that would use her music to promote better understanding throughout the Americas,” says a press article who reviewed the show explained this “Thousands of Puerto Ricans were delighted and entertained by Finlay.”
“My Spanish was bad enough to be funny, and the audience loved it,” Marjorie joked in an interview.