Laura Branigan was a Grammy-nominated pop singer/songwriter and actress. Her cinematic, synth-driven, club-friendly dance pop and groundbreaking music videos sent her singles and albums to the top rungs of the charts and made her a huge concert attraction. From her clear-throated, fist-pumping post-disco singles like 'Gloria' to the sultry, Roland 808 vamps and drum machine loops in 'Self-Control' and beyond, Branigan was a singles artist whose career arc coincided with the rise of the MTV era. Her chart successes mirrored those of other '80s female icons such as Sade, Kim Wilde, and Kim Carnes. Her place in pop culture was so prevalent, two of her songs were selected for the soundtracks of a pair of the decade's most iconic films, Flashdance and Ghostbusters.

Laura Branigan was born on July 3, 1952 in Mount Kisco, New York, USA. Music video for her single 'Spanish Eddie' was a re-telling of West Side Story. Watch Hollywood hits and TV favorites for free with IMDb Freedive.

Before her chart success dried up, Branigan placed five singles in the upper reaches of the Hot 100, six albums in the Top 200, and two-dozen songs split between the dance music and adult contemporary charts. She continued to work in theater and film, and to record with other artists, until her death due to a brain aneurysm in 2004. Just listening and speaking elementary pdf.

Branigan was born in 1952 in the upstate New York town of Brewster. It wasn't until her senior year in high school that she considered pursuing a musical career, after landing the lead role in a school musical. By the mid-'70s, Branigan was accepted at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, and in the latter part of the decade she auditioned to be a backing vocalist for Leonard Cohen. She won her audition and spent the remainder of the decade touring the world with him. As a result, she landed a recording contract with Atlantic. Work on her solo debut was held up by a breach-of-contract lawsuit that resulted from her changing her management. All issues were eventually sorted out by 1981 and Branigan launched her solo singing career with her debut, Branigan, 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 it hit the number one position and spurred renewed interest in the original Italian version that reached the number two slot. Released in 1983, Branigan 2 spawned another two U.S. Hit singles with 'Solitaire' and 'How Am I Supposed to Live Without You' (the latter of which was co-written by Michael Bolton).