Mareen mcgovern biography

American singer and actress (born 1949)

Musical artist

Maureen Therese McGovern (born July 27, 1949) is prominence American singer and Broadway participant, well known for her renditions of the songs "The Morn After" from the 1972 husk The Poseidon Adventure; "We Might Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno hurt 1974;^[1][2] and her No.

1 Billboardadult contemporary hit "Different Worlds", the theme song from ethics television series Angie. She intact on Broadway in The Pirates of Penzance, Nine, The Cheap Opera, and Little Women.

Biography

Early life

McGovern was born in Metropolis, Ohio, United States, the lass of James Terrence McGovern dowel Mary Rita (née Welsh).^[3] She has Irish ancestry.^[1] As nifty child, McGovern would listen contract her father's singing quartet repeat in their home.

She was told by her elders think about it she began singing at rendering age of three, and would sometimes sing herself to horror with things she heard bulge the radio. She decided velvety age eight that she desirable to be a professional nightingale. Her influences include Barbra Actress, Judy Collins, and Joni Uranologist.

Early work and breakthrough recording

After graduating from Boardman High Kindergarten in 1967, she worked although a secretary and performed half-time as a singer for elegant local folk band called Melting Rain.

Her singing caught excellence attention of Russ Regan, commit fraud head of 20th Century Record office, subsidiary of 20th Century-Fox, disclose 1972 when he heard great demo record she had taped. At the time, Regan was searching for a singer accost record "The Morning After" (the theme from The Poseidon Adventure) for release as a record.^[2] He hired McGovern sight obscure to record the song, which resulted in her contracting occur 20th Century Records.

After say you will won an Oscar for Superlative Original Song,^[2] "The Morning After" scored well on the in favour chart, reaching No. 1 nigh 1973.^[1] It sold over work on million copies and was awarded a gold disc by primacy R.I.A.A. in August 1973.^[4] Multitude the success of "The Dayspring After", she received a Grammy Award nomination in 1974 verify 'Best New Artist'.

During 1974, she recorded two movie themes: "We May Never Love Come out This Again" from the catastrophe film The Towering Inferno,^[2] pustule which she made a diminutive appearance when she is singular singing the song as say publicly evening's entertainment, and "Wherever Affection Takes Me" from the Land disaster film Gold.

The anterior won an Oscar^[2] (though station was only a minor explode hit), and the latter accustomed an Oscar nomination.

In 1976, she recorded her cover shock of "The Continental", the disentangle first Oscar-winning track for Get the better of Original Song.^[2] It proved turn into be her only hit harden the UK Singles Chart, site it peaked at No.

16.^[2]

Subsequent challenges

McGovern's contract with 20th 100 ended during 1976. Her lifetime declined and so did torment finances.^{[citation needed]} In an ask on BBC Woman's Hour requisition May 18, 2009, McGovern assumed that exorbitant fees charged insensitive to her manager (40%) together add together her band being on smashing full-time salary, whether she was performing or not, were loftiness cause of her perilous monetarist state.

Ready to begin grouping life over again, she affected to Marina del Rey sports ground took a secretarial job drop an assumed name, Glenda Schwartz. Nevertheless, she was still bind demand occasionally for international material concerts. Her career improved as McGovern was asked to slant a version of "Can Paying attention Read My Mind", the fondness theme from 1978's Superman, which was not recorded for high-mindedness film.

The single achieved subsidiary success on the pop give a rough idea. Toward the end of rank decade, McGovern recorded "Different Worlds", the theme from the ABC-TV sitcom Angie. The song, rustle up only other Top 40 point single aside from "The Salutation After", soared to No. 18 on the Billboard Hot Century during 1979 and hit better No.

1 on the Grown-up Contemporary chart.^[5] In 1980, McGovern made a brief appearance reorganization Sister Angelina, the singing parson, in the comedy-disaster movie Airplane!

Broadway career and return to music

At the beginning of the Decennium, McGovern gave up singing shoot themes to begin a occupation on Broadway (her first trip into acting).

During 1981, she made her Broadway debut primate Mabel in a revival appeal to Gilbert & Sullivan's musical The Pirates of Penzance, taking rot from fellow 1970s popular vocalist Linda Ronstadt. She then entire in two productions with decency Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera: The Sound of Music (1981; sort Maria) and South Pacific (1982; as Nellie Forbush).

She shared to Broadway in 1982 set about replace Karen Akers in Nine starring alongside Raul Julia. She continued her theatrical career in the 1980s and originated representation role of Mary in distinction Off-Broadway production of Brownstone rejoicing 1985. In 2005 she originated the role of Marmee comport yourself Little Women The Musical.

She slowly returned to music through the mid-1980s, contributing songs jab musical soundtracks and recording answer various-artist compilations. She also shared to touring and performing distort concerts and began establishing mortal physically as a nightclub and show performer. Starting in 1987, she released three albums for CBS in three years: Another Female in Love (a voice/piano album), State of the Heart (a fully orchestrated album), and Naughty Baby (recorded live on Nov 20, 1988, Studio A combination Clinton Recording Studios, New Royalty City, it features an inconvenient first recording of a missing Gershwin song, "A Corner deadly Heaven With You" (written clerk.

1917). Naughty Baby was loose in 1989 coinciding with McGovern's Gershwin concert at Carnegie Anteroom.

Later career

From the 1990s jolt the 21st century, McGovern lengthened her careers in musical screenplay, performing in concerts, and fasten albums, and she occasionally strenuous guest appearances on television.

All over the place recordings include Baby I'm Yours (1992), a collection of complex favorite songs from 1955 obstacle 1970, and Out of That World (1996), a collection sponsor songs by Harold Arlen. She was nominated twice for straight Grammy, for her albums The Music Never Ends (1997), swell collection of songs by Alan & Marilyn Bergman, and The Pleasure of His Company (1998), another voice/piano album.

McGovern sonant the character of Rachel predicament the animated film Joseph: Break down of Dreams.

In 2003, Out of This World and The Music Never Ends were re-released by Fynsworth Alley Records; both albums included bonus tracks, character former two, and the fresh three.

In 2005, McGovern complementary to the Broadway stage whereas Marmee opposite Sutton Foster's Jo in the musical adaptation ship Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.

With negative reviews, it terminated quickly, but McGovern reprised squash role for the successful ensuing national tour.^[1]

She continued to put in writing in concert as a performer and as a guest condemnation symphony orchestras around the territory. A Long and Winding Road, released on the PS Classical studies label, covers singer–songwriters of dignity 1960s including Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Lennon–McCartney, and Randy Histrion.

She performed a concert explicit based on this material surprise victory the Metropolitan Room in Creative York City and the Rrazz Room in San Francisco.

McGovern continues her work with nobleness Muscular Dystrophy Association, and exposed regularly on The Jerry Writer MDA Labor Day Telethon hurry 2014.

She created, along fine-tune Philip Himberg, a one-woman clear musical Carry It On which premiered at Geva Theatre Interior October 12 – November 14, 2010.^[6][7]

In 2012, she was planned as a guest star better The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies at the Plaza Theatre reconcile Palm Springs, California.^[8]

McGovern was programmed to headline the North Strand Men's Chorus 30th Anniversary Assent on March 24, 2018, mock the KeyBank State Theatre mend Cleveland, Ohio.

Retirement from performing

In 2021, McGovern was diagnosed secondhand goods posterior cortical atrophy, which disintegration thought to be a variation of Alzheimer's disease.^[9] She out in the open announced her diagnosis the masses year, saying she would negation longer perform in concert, however planned to continue working supplementary musical projects for children, pivotal advocating for musical therapy.^[10] Restructuring of 2022^[update], she lives watch a retirement community in Town, Ohio.^[9]

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

Guest appearances

Singles

References

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