Maureen McGovern
McGovern on debut album in 1973
Background information
Birth name	Maureen Therese McGovern
Born	July 27, 1949 (1949-07-27) (age 58) Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.
Genre(s)	Broadway theatre
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1972 – present
Website	www.maureenmcgovern.com

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Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Breakthrough recording 1.3 Challenges 1.4 Broadway career 1.5 Carnegie Hall performance 1.6 Recent career 2 Discography 3 References 4 External links

Biography

Early life

McGovern was born in Youngstown, Ohio, the daughter of Mary Rita (née Welsh) and James Terrence McGovern. Youngstown is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Mahoning County. ^[2] She has Irish ancestry. Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánach are citizens of the United States who can claim ancestry originating in Ireland. ^[1] As a child, McGovern would listen to her father's barbershop quartet rehearse in their home. She was told by her elders that she began singing at the tender age of three, and would sometimes sing herself to sleep with things she heard on the radio. She decided at age eight that she wanted to be a professional singer; and she developed a taste for various types of music, including jazz, showtunes, oldies, and folk. Her influences include Barbra Streisand and Dionne Warwick. Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Dionne Warwick (born Marie Dionne Warrick on December 12, 1940) is an acclaimed five-time Grammy Award -winning singer actress activist

Breakthrough recording

After graduating from high school in 1967, she worked as a secretary and performed part-time as a singer for a local folk band called Sweet Rain. Her singing caught the attention of Russ Regan (then head of 20th Century Records) in 1972 when he heard a demo she had recorded. Russ Regan (born Harold Rustigian is a long-time record executive who was President of both UNI Records and 20th Century Records Regan also worked at Motown among 20th Century Records, also known as 20th Fox Records and 20th Century-Fox Records, began in 1958 was a subsidiary of film studio 20th Century Fox. At the time, Regan was searching for a singer to record "The Morning After" (the theme from The Poseidon Adventure) for release as a record. " The Morning After " (aka " The Song from 'The Poseidon Adventure' " is an Academy Award-winning song, first released in May 1973. He hired McGovern sight unseen to record the song, which led to her signing with 20th Century Records. 20th Century Records, also known as 20th Fox Records and 20th Century-Fox Records, began in 1958 was a subsidiary of film studio 20th Century Fox. After it won an Oscar for Best Original Song, "The Morning After" quickly climbed the pop charts, reaching #1 in 1973. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. ^[1]

In 1974, she recorded two movie themes: "We May Never Love Like This Again" (from the disaster film The Towering Inferno, in which she made a short appearance when she is seen singing the song as the evening's entertainment) and "Wherever Love Takes Me" (from the British disaster film Gold). The Towering Inferno is a 1974 Disaster film starring Steve McQueen and Paul Newman and directed by John Guillermin The former won an Oscar (though it was only a minor pop hit), and the latter received an Oscar nomination. These two songs (along with "The Morning After") led the media to call McGovern "the Disaster Theme Queen. "

Challenges

McGovern's contract with 20th Century ended in 1976. By this time, her career went downhill and she ended up broke, due to being cheated out of her earnings by her managers and producers. To begin her life over again, she moved to Marina del Rey and took a secretarial job under an assumed name. Marina del Rey is a seaside Unincorporated area of Los Angeles County California. However, she was still in demand occasionally for international live concerts. Her career made a turn for the better when she was asked to record a version of "Can You Read My Mind," the love theme from 1978's Superman, which was not recorded for the film. Superman (also known as Superman The Movie) is a 1978 Superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the The single achieved minor success on the Pop charts. Toward the end of the decade, she recorded "Different Worlds," the theme from a short-lived TV sitcom entitled Angie. Angie is an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast by the ABC network from February 1979 until The song was her only other Top 40 single aside from "The Morning After," reaching #18 on the Pop charts in 1979 and also spending two weeks at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In 1980, she made a cameo appearance as the singing nun, Sister Angelina, in the comedy-disaster movie Airplane!. Airplane! is a 1980 American Comedy film directed and written by David Zucker Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker.

Broadway career

At the beginning of the 1980s, McGovern gave up movie themes to begin a career on Broadway, despite having no acting experience. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located In 1981, she made her Broadway debut as Mabel in a revival of Gilbert & Sullivan's musical The Pirates of Penzance. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian era partnership of Librettist W The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty is a Comic opera in two acts with music by Arthur Sullivan and Libretto by W She then performed in two productions with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera: The Sound of Music (1981; as Maria) and South Pacific (1982; as Nellie Forbush). The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay South Pacific is a musical, with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and book by both Hammerstein and Joshua She continued her theatrical career throughout the eighties and originated the role of Mary in the Off-Broadway production of Brownstone in 1985. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City. Brownstone is a brown Triassic Sandstone which was once a popular Building material.

Carnegie Hall performance

She slowly returned to music in the mid-eighties, contributing songs to musical soundtracks and recording for various-artist compilations. She also returned to touring and performing in concerts and began establishing herself as a classy, jazzy nightclub and cabaret performer. Starting in 1987, she released three albums for CBS in three years - Another Woman in Love (a voice/piano album), State of the Heart (a fully orchestrated album), and Naughty Baby (a live album). Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Another Woman in Love is Maureen McGovern 's fifth studio album and her first one in eight years State of the Heart is Maureen McGovern 's sixth studio album it was released in 1988, just one year after her voice/piano album Another Woman Naughty Baby is a live album by Maureen McGovern. It was recorded at Studio A at Clinton Recording Studios in New York City

In 1989, she performed her debut concert in Carnegie Hall, singing a collection of songs by George Gershwin. Carnegie Hall (generally ˌkɑrnɨgi ˈhɔːl is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. The concert was recorded live and released that year as an album entitled Naughty Baby; it features a very first recording of a lost Gershwin song "A Corner of Heaven With You" (written ca. 1917).

Recent career

From the nineties into the 21st century, McGovern continued her careers in musical theatre, performing in concerts, and recording albums, and she occasionally made guest appearances on television. Other recordings include Baby I'm Yours (1992), a collection of her favorite songs from 1955 to 1970, and Out of This World (1996), a collection of songs by Harold Arlen. She was twice nominated for a Grammy, for her albums The Music Never Ends (1997), a collection of songs by Alan & Marilyn Bergman, and The Pleasure of His Company (1998), another voice/piano album. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

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

In 2005, McGovern returned to the Broadway stage as Marmee opposite Sutton Foster's Jo in the musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Sutton Foster (born March 18, 1975) is an American actress, Singer, and Dancer. Louisa May Alcott ( November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American Novelist. Little Women is a musical with a book by Allan Knee, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, and music by Jason Howland. Plagued by negative reviews, it quickly closed, but McGovern reprised her role for the successful subsequent national tour. ^[1]

She continues to appear in concert as a headliner and as a guest with symphony orchestras around the country. Her new CD "A Long and Winding Road," on the PS Classics label, saltues singer/songwriters of the 1960s like Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Lennon & McCartney and Randy Newman. PS Classics is a Record label that specializes in Musical theater and standard vocals Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13 1941 is an American Songwriter, Musician, and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7 1943) is a Canadian Musician, Songwriter, and The Songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, usually referred to as Lennon/McCartney, is one of the best-known and Randall Stuart “Randy” Newman (born November 28 1943 is an Academy Award –winning American Singer/songwriter, arranger, Composer She perfomed a concert act based on this material at the Metropolitan Room in New York City, the Rrazz Room in San Francisco and will tour with it throughout the next few years.

She also continues her work with the Muscular Dystrophy Association, where she anually appears on the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. The Muscular Dystrophy Association ( MDA) is an organization founded in 1950 which combats Muscular dystrophy and diseases of the Nervous system Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926) is an American Comedian, award-winning actor producer writer and director best-known for his slapstick

Discography

Standard albums

• 1973: The Morning After
• 1974: Nice to Be Around
• 1975: Academy Award Performance
• 1979: Maureen McGovern
• 1987: Another Woman in Love
• 1988: State of the Heart
• 1992: Baby I'm Yours
• 1996: Out of This World (reissued in 2003 with two bonus tracks)
• 1997: The Music Never Ends (reissued in 2003 with three bonus tracks)
• 1997: Christmas With Maureen McGovern
• 1998: The Pleasure of His Company
• 2008: A Long and Winding Road

Live albums

• 1989: Naughty Baby

Compilations

• 1990: Greatest Hits
• 2005: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Maureen McGovern

Singles

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions			Album
		U.S.	AC	UK
1973	"The Morning After" (Oscar-winning; recorded in 1972)	1	6	-	The Morning After
	"I Won't Last a Day Without You"	89	14	-
1974	"Nice to Be Around" (Oscar-nominated)	101	28	-	Nice to Be Around
	"Give Me a Reason to Be Gone"	71	12	-
	"We May Never Love Like This Again" (Oscar-winning)	83	20	-	Academy Award Performance
1975	"Even Better Than I Know Myself"	-	-	-	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Maureen McGovern
	"Love Songs Are Getting Harder to Sing"	-	24	-
1976	"The Continental" (Oscar-winning)	-	-	16	Academy Award Performance
1979	"Can You Read My Mind"	52	5	-	Maureen McGovern
	"Different Worlds"	18	1	-
	"Can't Take My Eyes off You"	-	27	-
1980	"We Could Have It All"	-	16	-
1981	"Halfway Home"	-	24	-

References

External links

• Official Maureen McGovern Web Site
• Maureen McGovern at Discogs
• Maureen McGovern at the Internet Movie Database

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