Marilyn Martin

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Marilyn Martin
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Marilyn Martin
  US 72 02/22/1986 (11 weeks)
Singles
Separate Lives (with Phil Collins )
  DE 50 02/03/1986 (6 weeks)
  UK 4th 
silver
silver
11/23/1985 (15 weeks)
  US 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 05.10.1985 (21 weeks)
Night moves
  US 28 01/18/1986 (18 weeks)

Marilyn Martin (born May 4, 1954 in Louisville , Kentucky ) is an American pop singer .

background

Marilyn Martin worked as a background singer for artists such as Stevie Nicks , Joe Walsh , Tom Petty and Kenny Loggins . In 1985 she became known worldwide as the duet partner of Phil Collins in his ballad Separate Lives . The title reached # 1 in the US , Ireland and Canada . In 1986 the debut album named after the singer was released. The pre-release single Night Moves reached number 28 on the Hot 100 , but the album had only moderate success at number 72.

After the failure of the second album This Is Serious in 1988, she got no new record deal from her record company Atlantic . In the 1990s she was active again as a background singer. In 2012 she released an album of Christian pop music.

Discography

Albums

  • 1986: Marilyn Martin
  • 1988: This Is Serious
  • 2012: Trust, Love, Pray

Singles

  • 1984: Socerer (title in the soundtrack "Streets in Flames / Streets of Fire")
  • 1985: Separate Lives ( Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin)
  • 1986: Night Moves
  • 1986: Move Closer
  • 1988: Possessive Love

swell

  1. ↑ Marilyn Martin in the German charts
  2. ↑ Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin in the British charts
  3. ↑ US singles: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 . / US albums: The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
  4. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK

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personal data
SURNAME Martin, Marilyn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 4th 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Louisville , Kentucky , USA