Laura Branigan

Laura Ann Branigan (born July 3, 1952 in Brewster , New York , † August 26, 2004 in East Quogue , New York) was an American singer , songwriter and actress . She celebrated her greatest successes in the 1980s with songs like Gloria and Self Control .

life and career

In the mid-1970s, Laura Branigan studied at the New York American Academy of Dramatic Arts . After a short time with the folk band Meadow, she worked as a background singer for Leonard Cohen in the late 1970s . After that she started her solo career.

The Grammy nominated Branigan had her greatest success in the 1980s. She shaped the pop music of that time, especially with cover versions produced for her by Jack White . Gloria , not even represented in the German charts in 1982, was originally by Umberto Tozzi , and the title Self Control , the best-selling single record in Germany in 1984, comes from the Italian Raf . Her songs were part of the score for Flashdance and Ghostbusters . In 1994 she sang a duet with David Hasselhoff for the US television series Baywatch .

Branigan also appeared as an actress, such as Mugsy's Girl in 1984 and Backstage in 1989 . In June 2002, she played Janis Joplin in the off-Broadway - Musical Love, Janis .

In 1996, Branigan's husband, Larry Kruteck, a New York attorney, died of colon cancer . She then withdrew almost completely from the music industry by 1999.

Branigan died on August 26, 2004 of a cerebral hemorrhage from a ruptured aneurysm at her Long Island home . Their ashes were scattered in Long Island Sound . Two months after her death, the EP Face Control , a remake of her greatest hit Self Control , was released by British singer Marc Almond together with the band Replicant as a tribute to the deceased.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1982	Branigan	-	-	-	-	US34 gold (36 weeks)US	First published: March 1982 Producer: Jack White
1983	Branigan 2	-	-	-	-	US29 gold (37 weeks)US	First published: March 1983 Producer: Jack White
1984	Self control	DE5 gold (21 weeks)DE	AT16 (2 weeks) AT	CH2 (19 weeks) CH	UK16 silver (14 weeks)UK	US23 platinum (45 weeks)US	First published: April 1984 Producers: Jack White, Robbie Buchanan
1985	Hold me	DE31 (12 weeks) DE	-	CH10 (12 weeks) CH	UK64 (4 weeks) UK	US71 (15 weeks) US	First published: July 1985 Producers: Jack White, Harold Faltermeyer , Mark Spiro
1987	Touch	-	-	CH24 (6 weeks) CH	-	US87 (28 weeks) US	First published: July 7th, 1987 Producers: David Kershenbaum, Stock Aitken Waterman , Albert Cabrera, Tony Moran
1990	Laura Branigan	-	-	-	-	US133 (6 weeks) US	First published: March 21, 1990 Producers: Clif Magness, Dennis Matkosky , Laura Branigan, Peter Bunetta, Peter Wolf , Richard Perry, Rick Chudacoff, Steve Kepner, Steve Lindsey

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More studio albums

• 1993: Over My Heart (released August 17th)

Compilations

• 1987: The Hits (Promo EP)
• 1988: The Best of Laura Branigan
• 1992: The Very Best of Laura Branigan
• 1995: The Best of Branigan
• 1999: Gloria and Other Hits
• 2002: The Essentials: Laura Branigan
• 2006: Self Control
• 2006: The Platinum Collection

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Dance
1981	Looking Out for Number One	-	-	-	-	-	Dance60 (8 weeks) Dance	First published: April 1981 Authors: Bill Bodine, Jack Tempchin
1982	All Night with Me Branigan	-	-	-	-	US69 platinum (7 weeks)US	-	First published: March 1982 Author and original: Chris Montan, 1980
	Gloria Branigan	-	-	-	UK6 (13 weeks) UK	US2 (36 weeks) US	Dance4 (22 weeks) Dance	First publication: May 1982 Authors: Giancarlo Bigazzi , Umberto Tozzi engl. Text: Trevor Veitch Original: Umberto Tozzi, 1979
1983	Solitaire Branigan 2	-	-	-	-	US7 (17 weeks) US	Dance28 (11 weeks) Dance	First publication: March 1983 engl. Text: Diane Warren Author and original: Martine Clémenceau , 1981
	How Am I Supposed to Live Without You Branigan 2	-	-	-	-	US12 (20 weeks) US	-	First published: June 1983 Author: Michael Bolton
1984	Self Control Self Control	DE1 gold (20 weeks)DE	AT1 (14 weeks) AT	CH1 (16 weeks) CH	UK5 silver (17 weeks)UK	US4 (25 weeks) US	Dance2 (13 weeks) Dance	First published: April 1984 Authors: Giancarlo Bigazzi, Raffaele Riefoli , Steve Piccolo Original: Raf , 1984
	The Lucky One Self Control	DE33 (11 weeks) DE	-	CH21 (7 weeks) CH	UK56 (3 weeks) UK	US20 (15 weeks) US	Dance10 (9 weeks) Dance	First published: July 1984 Author: Bruce Roberts
	Ti amo Self Control	-	-	-	UK100 (1 week) UK	US55 (12 weeks) US	-	First published: October 1984 Authors: Umberto Tozzi, Giancarlo Bigazzi Original: Umberto Tozzi, 1977
1985	Satisfaction Self Control	-	-	-	-	-	Dance24 (8 weeks) Dance	First publication: December 1984 Authors: Bernd Dietrich, Engelbert Simons, Gerd Grabowski engl. Text: Diane Warren, Mark Spiro
	Spanish Eddie Hold Me	DE36 (12 weeks) DE	AT8 (14 weeks) AT	-	UK87 (2 weeks) UK	US40 (11 weeks) US	Dance26 (5 weeks) Dance	First published: July 1985 Authors: David Palmer, Chuck Cochran
	Hold Me Hold Me	-	-	-	-	US82 (4 weeks) US	Dance39 (2 weeks) Dance	First published: October 1985 Authors: Beth Andersen, Bill Bodine
1986	I Found Someone Hold Me	-	-	-	-	US90 (6 weeks) US	-	First published: February 1986 Authors: Mark Mangold, Michael Bolton
1987	Shattered glass touch	DE43 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH26 (4 weeks) CH	UK78 (3 weeks) UK	US48 (10 weeks) US	Dance13 (9 weeks) Dance	First published: June 1987 Authors: Bob Mitchell, Steve Coe Original: Ellie Warren, 1980
	Power of Love Touch	-	-	-	-	US26 (18 weeks) US	-	First published: September 1987 Authors: Mary Susan Applegate, Candy de Rouge , Gunther Mende , Jennifer Rush Original: Jennifer Rush, 1984
1990	Moonlight on Water Laura Branigan	-	-	-	-	US59 (9 weeks) US	Dance44 (3 weeks) Dance	First published: March 1990 Authors: Andy Goldmark, Stephen Kipner Original: Kevin Raleigh, 1989

More singles

1978: Memories (Theme Song from Calloway's Climb) 1980: Fool's Affair (release: November) 1981: Tell Him (release: August) 1983: Deep in the Dark (release: September) 1984: With Every Beat of My Heart 1985: Maybe Tonight (release: November) 1988: Cry Wolf (release: February) 1988: Come into My Life (with Joe Esposito) 1988: Name Game 1987: Spirit of Love 1989: Heart of Me (with Cerrone ) 1990: Turn the Beat Around 1990: Never in a Million Years

1991: Tokyo 1993: It's Been Hard Enough Getting over You 1993: Love Your Girl 1993: Didn't We Almost Win It All 1994: How Can I Help You to Say Goodbye 1995: Dim All the Lights 1995: I Believe (with David Hasselhoff ) 1999: Gloria '99 (The Remixes) 2005: The Winner Takes It All 2005: The Challenge 2004: Remember Me… The Last Recordings (EP) 2005: Remember Me (EP)

Video albums

• 1984: Laura Branigan (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD)

Filmography (selection)

• 1983: CHiPs (TV series, episode Fox Trap )
• 1984: The Mud Babies (Delta Pi)
• 1984: Automan (TV series, episode MTV Murder )
• 1988: Backstage - Behind the stage (Backstage)
• 1991: Monsters (TV series, episode A Face for Radio )

swell

1. ↑ http://pagesix.com/2015/08/24/laura-branigan-was-52-not-47-when-she-died/
2. ↑ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/204913851773757234/
3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Page 11, on which their graduating class 1970 is named) 
4. ↑ Laura Branigan dies at 47. In: Billboard . August 30, 2004. Retrieved July 21, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US
6. ↑ ^{a b} gold / platinum databases: DE UK US

Web links

• Laura Branigan's official website
• Laura Branigan at Discogs (English)
• Laura Branigan at laut.de
• Laura Branigan in the Internet Movie Database (English)