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SirFozzie
08-30-2004, 05:47 AM
EAST QUOGUE, New York (AP) -- Laura Branigan, a Grammy-nominated pop singer best known for her 1982 platinum hit "Gloria," has died. She was 47.

Branigan died Thursday at home in her sleep, said her manager, John Bowers. He would not disclose the cause, although her official Web site listed it as a brain aneurysm.

"Gloria," a signature song from her debut album "Branigan," stayed atop the pop charts for 36 weeks and earned her a Grammy nomination for best female pop vocalist, the first of four nominations in her career.

:( I'll have that song stuck in my head all day.. sad to hear.
Alf
08-30-2004, 05:52 AM
I know the name, remember she was a one hit wonder in the 80s but can't remember the song even after seeing the "Title"
Fritz
08-30-2004, 05:55 AM
I hate Jim Morrison for what he did to her music
Suicane75
08-30-2004, 06:53 AM
I think the video for Control was one of the first things that ever made me feel "special".
Ksyrup
08-30-2004, 06:56 AM
I'll have that song stuck in my head all day.. sad to hear.
Yes, it is. I'm sorry that she passed away, too.
Ksyrup
08-30-2004, 07:21 AM
I hate Jim Morrison for what he did to her music
C'mon, at least choose someone who wasn't dead already. The clear choice here was U2.
cuervo72
08-30-2004, 07:25 AM
Jim Morrison isn't dead...come on, get with the program!
Ksyrup
08-30-2004, 07:28 AM
He's dead...plus, he left the public scene a full 10 years before Laura Branigan became a one-hit wonder, so either way, that one was a stretch.
Suicane75
08-30-2004, 07:44 AM
He's dead...plus, he left the public scene a full 10 years before Laura Branigan became a one-hit wonder, so either way, that one was a stretch.


Gloria and Control......that's 2 hits buddy.
cuervo72
08-30-2004, 07:59 AM
He's dead...plus, he left the public scene a full 10 years before Laura Branigan became a one-hit wonder, so either way, that one was a stretch.

Ok, Van Morrison then.
QuikSand
08-30-2004, 08:01 AM
Gloria and Control......that's 2 hits buddy.

"Solitaire" came on Mrs. Q's Living in the Past Radio last night... that makes three pretty big hits.
Suicane75
08-30-2004, 08:03 AM
"Solitaire" came on Mrs. Q's Living in the Past Radio last night... that makes three pretty big hits.

I had 2/3rds

I don't know why i laughed like a mental patient at that, but I did.
Darkiller
08-30-2004, 08:56 AM
Yep, very sorry to hear this.
Ksyrup
08-30-2004, 09:13 AM
Never heard either of those other songs. Lucky me.
Fritz
08-30-2004, 09:26 AM
this thread makes me long for leg warmers
Ksyrup
08-30-2004, 09:33 AM
I still wear mine, but not until November, at earliest.
bbor
08-30-2004, 12:41 PM
Shocking...who's next?.....Rick James....Laura Branigan....???
Suicane75
08-30-2004, 12:41 PM
Shocking...who's next?.....Rick James....Laura Branigan....???

Billy Squier?
Franklinnoble
08-30-2004, 12:43 PM
I'd put money on Deborah Harry...
Suicane75
08-30-2004, 12:45 PM
I'd put money on Deborah Harry...

I'd put something on Deborah Harry, yeah I would....big girls need love too.
cuervo72
08-30-2004, 01:14 PM
Shocking...who's next?.....Rick James....Laura Branigan....???

I guess Robert Palmer is too long ago?
Butter
08-30-2004, 01:25 PM
Shocking...who's next?.....Rick James....Laura Branigan....???

I'm gonna guess the chick from Quarterflash.

And her death will harden our hearts just that much more.
Franklinnoble
08-30-2004, 01:38 PM
I'd put something on Deborah Harry, yeah I would....big girls need love too.
Are we talking about the same woman?

She's old... but I wouldn't call her "big."
Suicane75
08-30-2004, 01:38 PM
Are we talking about the same woman?

She's old... but I wouldn't call her "big."


Shes got some junk in the trunk, and under the hood.
MizzouRah
08-30-2004, 07:43 PM
Calling Gloria! ...Gloria...

Oh, that brings back memories of my mom with headphones on singing out loud.


Todd