Laura Branigan

Laura Branigan had one of the most physically powerful voices of the 1980s, and I think she remains underrated as an interpreter. Gloria was an Umberto Tozzi cover, yet she owned it so completely that 36 weeks on the Hot 100, then a record for a female artist, felt inevitable. Her gift was urgency: every chorus sounded like a matter of survival. I love that she won at the 1984 Tokyo Music Festival, a small bridge to Japan. Her death in 2004 cut the story short, but the enduring life of Gloria in films and stadiums proves the voice outlived its era.

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Name (English)

Laura Branigan

Name (Japanese)

ローラ・ブラニガン

Reading

ろーら・ぶらにがん

Born

July 3, 1952 – August 26, 2004

Origin

Mount Kisco, New York, United States

Occupation

singer / stage actor / television actor / pianist / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon

High school

Byram Hills High School

Awards & achievements

• Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1983
• 1984 Tokyo Music Festival

• Official sitehttps://www.laurabraniganonline.com
• Xhttps://x.com/laurabranigan
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura%20Branigan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229550

Tags

• New York
• singer
• stage actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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