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October 30, 2020

25 Fabulous Photos of Laura Branigan in the 1970s and ’80s

Born 1952 in rewster, New York, American singer, songwriter, and actress Laura Branigan had her signature song, the platinum-certified 1982 single “Gloria”, stayed on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 36 weeks, then a record for a female artist, peaking at No. 2. It also reached number one in Australia and Canada.


In 1984, Branigan reached number one in Canada and Germany with the U.S. No. 4 hit “Self Control”. She also had success in the United Kingdom with both “Gloria” and “Self Control” making the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart.

Seeing her greatest level of success in the 1980s, Branigan’s other singles included the Top 10 hit “Solitaire” (1983), the U.S. AC chart number one “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You” (1983), the Australian No. 2 hit “Ti amo” (1984), her return to the top 40 “The Power of Love” (1987), the top hit 15 dance “Shattered Glass.” Her most successful album was 1984’s platinum-selling Self Control.

Branigan also contributed songs to motion picture and television soundtracks, including the Grammy and Academy Award-winning Flashdance soundtrack (1983), and the Ghostbusters soundtrack (1984). In 1985, she won the Tokyo Music Festival with the song “The Lucky One”.

Her chart success began to wane as the decade closed and after her last two albums Laura Branigan (1990) and Over My Heart (1993) garnered little attention, she generally retired from public life for the rest of the 1990s.

Branigan began returning to performing in the early 2000s, most notably appearing as Janis Joplin in the off-Broadway musical Love, Janis. As she was recording new music and preparing a comeback to the music industry, she died at her home in August 2004 from a previously undiagnosed cerebral aneurysm, aged 52.

Take a look at these fabulous photos to see portrait of young Laura Branigan in the 1970s and ’1980s.

























4 comments:

  1. She is truly free to embark on her true gifts. We are truly blessed to have heard her heart and soul. I know even now her voice can heal your soul.

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  2. Obsessed with all of her! Voice, music, beauty, and personality!
    GOD bless!

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  3. Back when singers sang and didn't act like they were hookers or strippers

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