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 did not know anything about Laura Branigan until Jay-Z released “forever young”. She also sang a celin Dion hit song “The power of love”. Why didn’t the popularity stay with her like her songs are? I don’t understand. It is not like she was in 1920, She was untill 1993. I tip my hat to her.
Nice voice…fantastique…I love many songs hers.