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The "Gloria" video, written and directed by Meiert Avis, was filmed in October 1981 on a barge in Grand Canal Dock in Dublin near Windmill Lane. "Gloria" was the first U2 music video that received heavy airplay on MTV. The video featured U2 playing on a barge while a crowd of onlookers danced.
"Gloria" (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɡlɔːrja]) is a 1979 song written and composed in Italian by Umberto Tozzi and Giancarlo Bigazzi, and first translated to English by Jonathan King. A 1982 cover version by American singer Laura Branigan , with different English lyrics, peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and has been certified ...
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the site of the concert, pictured in 2006.. In 1981, U2 were on their Boy Tour to promote their debut album, Boy.Following their 11 May concert at Rainbow Music Hall in Denver, concert promoter Chuck Morris took the band to the nearby Red Rocks Amphitheatre—a natural amphitheatre located between sandstone cliffs in the Rocky Mountains.
Laura Ann Branigan was born on July 3, 1952, [2] in Mount Kisco, New York, [8] near New York City, the fourth of five children born to Irish-American parents [9] Kathleen (née O'Hare) [10] and James Branigan Sr., an account executive and mutual funds broker; they later separated.
Umberto Antonio Tozzi (pronounced [umˈbɛrto anˈtɔːnjo ˈtɔttsi]; born 4 March 1952) is an Italian pop and rock singer and composer. Throughout his career, he has sold over 70 million records in different languages internationally, and his biggest international hits are: " Stella Stai ", " Gloria ", [ 1 ] " Tu " and " Ti Amo ".
Williams was inducted into the National Academy of Fine Arts and National Commission for Culture. [citation needed] Williams' catalog comprises 136 opus numbers. Some of the best-known are: Op.15. Primera obertura de concierto (1889). Op.18. Segunda obertura de concierto (1892). Op.30. Miniaturas: first suite (1890). Op.31. Miniaturas: second ...
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Gloria Williams (August 1, 1942 - July 5, 2000) was an American singer notable for being the original lead singer of an early incarnation of Martha and the Vandellas under the name The Del-Phis. Born Gloria Jean Williamson in Detroit , Michigan in 1942, Williams auditioned for a spot in a girl group in 1957, and found herself accompanying ...