Laura Branigan - The Power of Love

Laura Branigan - "The Power of Love"
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Rest in peace Laura Ann Branigan!

Laura Branigan on getting married and getting into film. 1952-2004
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_89_aFRhUyM

Images:
1. Laura Branigan and Larry Kruteck married Dec 8, 1978.
2. 1982 Branigan album
3. Laura Branigan '(Grief) is something you never really get over, but you put it in a place inside you and deal with it in the way you have to.'
4. Laura Branigan performs during 'Tammy Faye Tastes New York' sponsored by OUT For People at Webster Hall in New York City. 5-21-2002

Biographies:
1. imdb.com/name/nm0105104/bio
2. allmusic.com/artist/laura-branigan-mn [login to see] /biography

1. Background from [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0105104/bio]
"Laura Branigan Biography
Overview (3)
Born July 3, 1952 in Mount Kisco, New York, USA
Died August 26, 2004 in East Quogue, New York, USA (brain aneurysm)
Height 5' 7¾" (1.72 m)

Mini Bio (1)
Laura Branigan was born on July 3, 1952 in Mount Kisco, New York, USA. She was married to Laurence Ross Kruteck. She died on August 26, 2004 in East Quogue, New York.
Spouse (1) Laurence Ross Kruteck (8 December 1978 - 15 June 1996) ( his death)

Trade Mark (2)
Had an onstage habit of brushing her hair back with one hand, while singing
Many of her hits were English-language remakes of European hit songs, for the American market.

Trivia (17)
1. She broke both femurs when she fell 10 feet from a ladder while hanging wisteria outside her New York State home. [June 2001]
2. Performed the last song on American Bandstand (1952) with Dick Clark - "Shattered Glass," in 1987.
3. Had a brother, Billy Branigan, who's a singer, writer and producer. They worked together on Laura's "Over My Heart" album.
4. Was originally announced as the singer of the theme for the Bond film, Octopussy (1983), by producer Albert R. Broccoli.
5. Known mostly for her smash hit songs like "Gloria", "Self-Conrol", "Solitaire", "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?", "The Lucky One", "The Power of Love" and "Spanish Eddie". She also did international tours and unique music videos, which were filmed in Britain and other European countries.
6. Had a unique five-octave range voice.
7. After she died of a brain aneurysm in her sleep, brother Marc Branigan said she had complained to a friend of having a continual headache for about two weeks before she died, but had not sought medical attention.
8. Music video for her single "Spanish Eddie" was a re-telling of West Side Story (1961).
9. She also performed the ballad "Sin Hablar", along with Mexican singer Luis Miguel.
10. She largely left the music industry in 1994 after husband Larry Kruteck was diagnosed with colon cancer. He died in 1996.
11. Atlantic Records signed her in 1979.
12. In later years she continued to perform and record music, and dated the drummer in her band, Tommy Bayiokos. She spent most of her time, however, caring for her mother, Kathleen, 83, who had Alzheimer's, while gardening and cooking for friends.
13. She recorded her first album when she joined the group Meadow at age 20. The album, "The Friendship," was released in 1973 on Paramount Records following the release of two singles in 1972, "Here I Am" and "Cane and Abel". The record label failed to adequately promote the album and it received little airplay. Not long afterwards Meadow disbanded.
14. Neither surviving brother came forward about her true age at the time of her death in 2004. All obituaries in 2004 listed her age as 47. However, further research later proved that she was actually 52 when she died.
15. "Branigan died in her sleep at her home" said her manager John Bowers.
16. "She was a beautiful spirit and will never be forgotten," said her drummer Tommy Bayiokos.
17. Her signature song "Gloria" was a translated version that was originally recorded by Umberto Tozzi. Branigan's version was recorded in 1982 and had a resurgence in 2019 when the St. Louis Blues used it as their victory song during their Stanley Cup championship season.

Personal Quotes (1)
1. I want to touch people's hearts, to get right down to their souls."

2. Background from [https://www.allmusic.com/artist/laura-branigan-mn [login to see] /biography]
"Artist Biography by Thom Jurek

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. 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.
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).
Further albums were issued during the remainder of the '80s: 1984's Self Control (number 23), 1985's Hold Me (number 71), and 1987's Touch (number 87), which all 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, and such albums as 1990's self-titled release and her final album, 1993's Over My Heart (which she co-produced with Phil Ramone) went all but completely unnoticed.
In 1994, Branigan duetted 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, appeared and included two newly recorded covers, Maria McKee's "Show Me Heaven" and the Donna Summer hit "Dim All the Lights"; the latter was also subsequently released various times in remixed form. In addition to issuing albums, Branigan had continued to act and perform concerts in Europe and Asia. In the '80s, she appeared in cameo and guest spots in the television series CHiPS and the films Mugsy's Girl (1984) and Backstage (1988); in the '90s, she appeared in the TV series Monsters (1991).
In 1994, Branigan's husband, Larry Kruteck, was diagnosed with colon cancer. She refused to accept the medical prognosis, and left music behind to care for him. Branigan put Kruteck on herbal treatments and, as his condition deteriorated, she eventually cared for him full-time. He passed away on June 15, 1996 in New York. In 2001, a second hits collection, The Essentials, was released and included the often requested yet long out of print hit "I Found Someone." Branigan returned to the public stage in 2002, earning rave reviews for her brief portrayal of Janis Joplin in Love, Janis. On August 26, 2004, Laura Branigan suffered a brain aneurysm and died in her sleep.
On the first anniversary of her death in 2005, fans attended the first "Laura Branigan Spirit of Love Memorial Gathering" weekend, sponsored by Other Half Entertainment (Branigan's management company at the time of her death) and her official website. The gathering became an annual tradition. Other Half Entertainment continues to oversee her career legacy through her website and Facebook pages. Her management company works regularly with Warner Music Group in the production and release of various new greatest-hits compilations. The Platinum Collection is an 18-song set that includes all the major hits as well as tracks such as "Silent Partners," "Satisfaction," "All Night with Me," and "If You Loved Me," four relatively new additions. In 2007, Rhino reissued The Best of Branigan. In 2009, Rhino re-released three Branigan albums: Touch, Laura Branigan, and Over My Heart. In June 2010, Shine On: The Ultimate Collection was released, which -- a first -- incorporated a DVD featuring the music videos for ten of Branigan's hits, in addition to an 18-track audio disc of radio edits.


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