Her most successful album was 1984's platinum-selling Self Control. 2 hit ' Ti amo' (1984), her return to the top 40 ' The Power of Love' (1987), the top hit 15 dance ' Shattered Glass.'. AC chart number one ' How Am I Supposed to Live Without You' (1983), the Australian No. Seeing her greatest level of success in the 1980s, Branigan's other singles included the Top 10 hit ' Solitaire' (1983), the U.S. She also had success in the United Kingdom with both 'Gloria' and 'Self Control' making the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart. 4 hit ' Self Control', which was released by Italian singer and songwriter Raf, the same year. In 1984, she reached number one in Canada and Germany with the U.S. It reached great success in Italy and Europe in 1979. It also reached number one in Australia and Canada.īranigan’s “Gloria” was a cover of a song written by Italian singer-songwriter Umberto Tozzi. Billboard Hot 100 for 36 weeks, then a record for a female artist, peaking at No. Her signature song, the platinum-certified 1982 single ' Gloria', stayed on the U.S. Take a look at these fabulous photos to see portrait of young Laura Branigan in the 1970s and ’1980s.Laura Ann Branigan (J – August 26, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. 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. 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.īranigan began returning to performing in the early 2000s, most notably appearing as Janis Joplin in the off-Broadway musical Love, Janis. In 1985, she won the Tokyo Music Festival with the song “The Lucky One”. 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.īranigan also contributed songs to motion picture and television soundtracks, including the Grammy and Academy Award-winning Flashdance soundtrack (1983), and the Ghostbusters soundtrack (1984). AC chart number one “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You” (1983), the Australian No. Seeing her greatest level of success in the 1980s, Branigan’s other singles included the Top 10 hit “Solitaire” (1983), the U.S. She also had success in the United Kingdom with both “Gloria” and “Self Control” making the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart.

In 1984, Branigan reached number one in Canada and Germany with the U.S.

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