Marti Webb
Marti Webb (born January 13, 1944 in Cricklewood , London ) is an English musical singer .
biography
Her first leading role was in London in 1963 as Ann Pornick in Half a Sixpence .
She played Eva Perón in Evita in London in 1979 and appeared in Andrew Lloyd Webber's one-woman show Tell Me on a Sunday in 1980 . That same year, she had an international chart hit with Take That Look off Your Face , a song from the show. The album for the show was also very successful.
In the mid-1980s, Marti Webb made a chart comeback in England when she recorded a cover version of the Michael Jackson title Ben in memory of a boy who died of cancer whose story had previously been shown on television . Another success was her version of the theme song Always There from the British TV series Howards' Way , together with the Simon May Orchestra.
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 AT
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 CH
|
 UK
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| 1980 | Tell me on a Sunday |
DE16 (21 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK2  (23 weeks)UK |
|
| 1985 | Encore | - | - | - |
UK55 (4 weeks) UK |
|
| 1986 | Moving On Up (On the Right Side) | - | - | - |
UK65 (5 weeks) UK |
|
| 1992 | The Magic of the Musicals | - | - | - |
UK55 (1 week) UK |
with Mark Rattray
|
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More albums
- 1967: Half a Sixpence (with Roy Sone, and The Rita Williams Chorus with New World Theater Orchestra)
- 1981: Won't Change Places
- 1982: I'm Not That Kind of Girl
- 1989: Performance (with The Philharmonic Orchestra)
- 1993: The Magic of the Musicals (with Mark Rattray and others)
- 1995: Music & Songs from Evita
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DE
|
AT
|
CH
|
UK
|
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| 1980 | Take That Look off Your Face Tell Me On A Sunday |
DE3 (29 weeks) DE |
AT3 (16 weeks) AT |
CH2 (13 weeks) CH |
UK3  (12 weeks)UK |
|
| Tell Me on a Sunday Tell Me On A Sunday |
- | - | - |
UK67 (2 weeks) UK |
||
| Your Ears Should Be Burning Now Won't Change Places |
DE35 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK61 (4 weeks) UK |
||
| 1985 | Ben Encore |
- | - | - |
UK5 (11 weeks) UK |
|
| 1986 | Always There, Always There |
- | - | - |
UK13 (15 weeks) UK |
with The Simon May Orchestra
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| 1987 | I can't let go |
- | - | - |
UK65 (2 weeks) UK |
|
More singles
- 1980: I've Been in Love too Long
- 1981: Unexpected Song (with Justin Hayward )
- 1982: I'm Not That Kind of Girl
- 1982: Getting It Right
- 1982: For the Touch of Your Love
- 1983: Didn't Mean to Fall in Love
- 1990: Don't Let the Moment Pass (Freudiana feat.Marti Webb)
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Web links
- Marti Webb at Allmusic (English)
- Marti Webb at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Webb, Marti |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English musical singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cricklewood , London |