(the song also earned Branigan her first of four subsequent Grammy nominations for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female). 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. All issues were eventually sorted out by 1981 and Branigan launched her solo singing career with her debut, Branigan, in 1982. Work on her solo debut was held up by a breach of contract lawsuit that resulted from her changing her management. As a result, she landed a recording contract with Atlantic. She won an audition and spent the remainder of the decade touring the world with him. By the mid-'70s, Branigan had been 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. 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. She continued to work in theater and film, and to record with other artists, until her death due to a brain aneurysm in 2004.īranigan was born in 1952 in the upstate New York town of Brewster. 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. 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. Her chart successes mirrored those of other '80s female icons such as Sade, Kim Wilde, and Kim Carnes. 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 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. Retrieved November 9, 2019.Laura Branigan was a Grammy-nominated pop singer/songwriter and actress. ^ "Laura Branigan Chart History ( Billboard 200)".^ "Charts.nz – Laura Branigan – Self Control".Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). : CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) ^ "Laura Branigan Chart History (Adult Contemporary)".^ a b "Laura Branigan Chart History (Hot 100)".Recording Industry Association of America. ^ a b "American album certifications – Laura Branigan – Branigan 2".^ "Laura Branigan – Deep in the Dark (1983, Vinyl)".The song "Find Me" was used as the love theme of the 1983 Robert Hays film Touched. īranigan 2 also includes a cover of The Who's " Squeeze Box" (1975), as well as " Deep in the Dark", a newly written song to the music of Falco's " Der Kommissar" (1981), It was released as the third single from the album. AllMusic viewed Branigan's version as "far superior" to Bolton's own commercially successful cover from 1989, stating it is "simpler, prettier, and shows shades of emotion at which Bolton could only hint". It reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Adult Contemporary chart for three weeks. The second single, " How Am I Supposed to Live Without You", was co-written by Michael Bolton. The single was a commercial success, peaking at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100. The lead single, " Solitaire", is a cover version of a 1981 French-language song of the same name by French singer Martine Clémenceau, with English lyrics written by Diane Warren. Three singles were released from the album. In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Bryan Buss wrote that Branigan's "full, expressive voice shows serious growth" on "a much more cohesive collection" than her debut album, Branigan, adding that "this album doesn't waste a single track". The album reached number 29 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on September 18, 1985, denoting shipments in excess of 500,000 copies in the United States. " How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"īranigan 2 is the second studio album by American singer Laura Branigan, released in March 1983 by Atlantic Records.
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