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Track: Mama
Artist: Laura Branigan
Album: Branigan 2

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US singer, songwriter and actress, born 3 July 1952 in Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York; died 26 August 2004 in East Quogue, Suffolk County, New York, aged 52. Laura Branigan studied at Byram Hills High School, Armonk, graduating in June 1970, then studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Manhattan, from 1970 to 1972. Her recording career began in 1972, with folk group Meadow. She toured with [a=Leonard Cohen] in 1976, as a backing singer on his first European tour. [a=Ahmet Ertegun] and [a=Doug Morris] signed her to [l=Atlantic] Records in 1979. Her first Atlantic single, [Link] charted at no. 62. Her next single, a remake of [a=Umberto Tozzi]'s "[Link]" charted at no. 2 in the US. Branigan's music was influenced by [a=Donna Summer], [a=Aretha Franklin], [a=Gladys Knight], and [a=Stevie Nicks]. Her big hits included "[Link]", "[Link]", "[Link]" and "[Link]". After the release of her seventh album [Link] for Atlantic in 1993, she semi-retired from the music industry to care for her husband, Larry Kruteck, who was suffering from cancer. He died in 1996. Alongside her recording career, Branigan starred in the films 'Mugsy's Girls' (1985) and 'Backstage' (1988), and appeared on several TV shows, including "CHiPS" (1983), "Automan" (1984)' and "Monsters" (1991). She portrayed [a=Janis Joplin] in the stage production "Love, Janis" (2002), but dropped out after only two performances. Laura Branigan died in her sleep from an undiagnosed ventricular brain aneurysm in 2004.

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Release: Laura Branigan - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
Year: 1983
Genres: Electronic, Rock, Pop
Styles: Soft Rock, Ballad, Synth-pop, Disco, Vocal

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Mama, remember how you warned me that he would only hurt me? Remember how I didn't listen then, wasn't listening? Mama, you said I shouldn't see him Said I didn't need him Said "Don't fall, that guy is gonna take your heart Just to break your heart" Told me from the start he would break my heart And I guess I was a bad girl But you just never understood How the lovin' of that bad boy Made your bad girl feel so good I'd sneak out my window, we'd meet in the night Deep in the darkness, he knew how to love me so right Mama, ooh, he was a wild one And, ooh, I was a child once But I will never be a child again after lovin' him Oh, not after lovin' him Mama, I never knew a boy's touch could ever teach me so much All those nights you didn't understand I was in good hands Mama, if I would have listened Ooh, the kissin' I'd be missin'! I tell you, you were wrong as you could be He's still here with me Sneakin' out my window, we meet in the night Deep in the darkness, he knows how to love me so right Mama, ooh, that boy's touch, need it so much Mama, ooh, that wild one, need to feel him Mama, oh, that bad boy, he gives me such joy Mama, I'm such a bad girl, he gives me such joy Mama, ...