From the archives of American Bandstand comes "Gloria", an English language reworking of a 1979 Italian song, and the breakout hit for singer-songwriter Laura Branigan, who would score a few more top 40 hits before fading from the charts. In fact, one of her hits, "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You", later became a hit all over again for Michael Bolton.
Taken from a VH1 repeat of Bandstand.
I and my friends used to love to rock out to this song!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know it was based on an Italian song.
Sadly, Laura Branigan was taken from us all too soon.
I didn't know the connection, either, 'til I read on Wikipedia when doing research. Agreed that Laura left us way too early, but the music remains.
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