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Singer Laura Brannigan Dead At 47
Drudge Report ^ | 28 August 2004 | Drudge

Posted on 08/28/2004 5:53:03 PM PDT by buccaneer81

Laura Brannigan dead of brain aneurysm at age 47.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 80s; gloria; laurabranigan; pop

1 posted on 08/28/2004 5:53:04 PM PDT by buccaneer81
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To: buccaneer81

Who?


3 posted on 08/28/2004 5:54:19 PM PDT by annyokie (Now with 20% More Infidel!)
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To: buccaneer81

Condolences to family and friends.


4 posted on 08/28/2004 5:54:36 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: buccaneer81

Who was she?


5 posted on 08/28/2004 5:54:45 PM PDT by BBell
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Didn't she had some disco hits in the 70's ?


6 posted on 08/28/2004 5:55:39 PM PDT by sushiman
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To: buccaneer81
Brannigan had that hit 'Gloria' back in the early 80's.


7 posted on 08/28/2004 5:55:48 PM PDT by Viking2002
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Wasn't that Patti Smith?


8 posted on 08/28/2004 5:56:38 PM PDT by annyokie (Now with 20% More Infidel!)
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80s pop singer. Her biggest hit was "Gloria" in 1982. Had another fairly big hit, "Self Control".


10 posted on 08/28/2004 5:57:12 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Rick Nash will score 50 goals this season ( if there is a season)
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To: buccaneer81
More responses here. I think we might have scooped Matt on this one...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1201962/posts

11 posted on 08/28/2004 5:57:16 PM PDT by TheBigB (Sure wish -I- had one'a them anti-shrew barrels...)
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To: buccaneer81

FYI..slightly off topic factoid..."GLoria was the only soe ever to be in the top 25 with versions bt THREE diffeent artits at the same time....Name the other 2?


12 posted on 08/28/2004 5:58:13 PM PDT by ken5050 (Bill Clinton has just signed to be the national spokesman for Hummer..)
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To: William Creel
Very sad.

People die every day of aneurysms. Doesn't mean drugs.

Very sad for her family to lose someone so young.

13 posted on 08/28/2004 5:58:38 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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14 posted on 08/28/2004 5:59:05 PM PDT by The Mayor (God gives grace for this life and glory in the life to come.)
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To: annyokie
No, that was Laura. And she had a hit with 'Self Control' a few years later, I believe. 47 is way too young to go.


15 posted on 08/28/2004 5:59:25 PM PDT by Viking2002
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To: buccaneer81

I am unfamiliar with her work.


16 posted on 08/28/2004 5:59:34 PM PDT by annyokie (Now with 20% More Infidel!)
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I had a massive crush on her growing up


17 posted on 08/28/2004 6:00:00 PM PDT by skaterboy
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What a tragedy.

This was a girl that, in my opinion, was never allowed by the music industry to reach her potential. With their "help" she wasted her career trying for another "Gloria". A great song and I still remember what I was doing and where I was at the first time I heard it. (Driving down the Newport Freeway heading for the beach with the wife and kids.)

But she was better than that song. In the famous words of Brando - she coulda been a contenda. Not to be. Never to be. What a voice. What a great voice. I'll miss her.

18 posted on 08/28/2004 6:00:02 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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Pop singer/actress Laura Branigan was born on July 3, 1957, in the upstate New York town of Brewster. It wasn't until her senior year in high school that Branigan thought of pursuing a musical career, after she landed a lead role in a school musical, which led to her acceptance at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City by the mid-'70s. Branigan then signed on as a backing vocalist for Leonard Cohen, as she toured the world with the renowned singer/songwriter throughout the late '70s; resulting in the singer landing a recording contract on her own with Atlantic Records. But a breach-of-contract lawsuit resulted after Branigan changed management, which held up work commencing on her solo debut. With all issues sorted out by the early '80s, Branigan was now free to launch her solo career, as her debut, Branigan, was issued in 1982.

The album spawned one of the year's top pop hits, the Donna Summer-like "Gloria," a remake of an Italian pop song from the '70s that peaked at number six in the U.K. and number two in the U.S. (the song also earned Branigan her first of four subsequent Grammy nominations for Best Pop Vocal Performance Female). The song's popularity reached massive proportions in other parts of the world, especially Germany, where the Branigan version of "Gloria" sat at the number one position while the original Italian version held the number two spot. 1983's Branigan 2 spawned another two sizeable U.S. hit singles with "Solitaire" and "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" (the latter of which was co-written by a then-unknown Michael Bolton), while she also appeared on the hit soundtrack to Flashdance that same year with the track "Imagination."

Further albums were issued during the remainder of the '80s, 1984's Self Control, 1985's Hold Me, and 1987's Touch, all of which spawned hit singles: the title track from Self Control, "The Lucky One," "Ti Amo," "Spanish Eddie," "I Found Someone," the title track from Hold Me, "Shattered Glass," and "The Power of Love." But, by the dawn of the '90s, the hits had dried up for Branigan, as such albums as 1990's self-titled release and 1993's Over My Heart went completely unnoticed. In 1994, Branigan dueted with David Hasselhoff on the track "I Believe" for the Baywatch soundtrack, and a year later, the singer's first hits compilation, the 13-track The Best of Branigan, was issued. In addition to issuing albums, Branigan kept her acting career going all along, as evidenced by guest spots on the TV show CHiPS, the movies Mugsy's Girl (1984) and Backstage (1988), plus the German television movie An American Girl In Berlin (1981). Branigan returned to the public eye in 2002, earning rave reviews with her portrayal of Janis Joplin in the hit New York City musical Love, Janis.


19 posted on 08/28/2004 6:03:51 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Rick Nash will score 50 goals this season ( if there is a season)
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