Laura Branigan was a Grammy Award winning American Pop singer popular during the early and mid 1980′s.
Her first album “Branigan” was released in 1982.
The song “Gloria” from that album stayed on the Billboard Top-100 Charts for 36 weeks, which at the time was a record for a female singer.
Her hits included:
Gloria
Self Control
Solitaire
How am I supposed to live without you?
The Lucky One
Ti Amo
Spanish Eddie
Satisfaction
Power of Love
She had a tremendous four-octave range that was on full display in many of her songs.
She won a Grammy Award for her song “Satisfaction” from the soundtrack to the movie “Flashdance“.
“Gloria” was her top charting hit, hitting #2 on the Billboard charts in 1982.
“Solitaire” and “Self Control” also charted in the top-10 on the Billboard Charts.
She released 7 Studio albums over the course of her career with the last album being released in 1993.
Laura Branigan died in 2004 from a brain aneurysm.
She was 47yrs old.
I LOVED her songs when I was young. Still do. I don’t remember hearing about her passing. Not sure how I missed that. Sad.
By: Blonde Cousin on October 19, 2011
at 12:38 pm
She was truly a gifted singer. A sad loss, I remember hearing about her just after we moved out of our friends’ spare room and into our first house-to-ourselves in 4 years.
By: John Erickson on October 19, 2011
at 4:56 pm
I don’t really remember her too well, but I’ll look online today. I also stopped by to deliver a link to you. If writing is something you’re interested in, this former literary agent has the best blog out there. Good luck!
http://blog.nathanbransford.com/
By: H.E. ELLIS on October 19, 2011
at 8:04 pm
H.E. ELLIS – Thanks! I appreciate the link.
By: TheIdiotSpeaketh on October 19, 2011
at 8:22 pm
She had some great songs. I loved her.
By: Christine Grote on October 23, 2011
at 5:40 pm
She was a great singer! I remember all of her songs growing up and had all of her CD’s (and tapes!).
By: Stacey on February 4, 2012
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