She slowly returned to music during the mid-1980s, contributing songs to musical soundtracks and recording for various-artist compilations. In 2005 she originated the role of Marmee in Little Women The Musical. She continued her theatrical career throughout the 1980s and originated the role of Mary in the Off-Broadway production of Brownstone in 1985.
She returned to Broadway in 1982 to replace Karen Akers in Nine starring alongside Raul Julia. 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).
During 1981, she made her Broadway debut as Mabel in a revival of Gilbert & Sullivan's musical The Pirates of Penzance, taking over from fellow 1970s popular singer Linda Ronstadt.
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During 1980, McGovern made a brief appearance as Sister Angelina, the singing nun, in the comedy-disaster movie Airplane!.Īt the beginning of the 1980s, McGovern gave up singing movie themes to begin a career on Broadway (her first foray into acting). 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 during 1979 and hit at No.
The song, her only other Top 40 pop single aside from " The Morning After," soared to No. Toward the end of the decade, McGovern recorded " Different Worlds," the theme from the ABC-TV sitcom Angie. The single achieved minor success on the pop charts. Her career improved when McGovern 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. Nevertheless, she was still in demand occasionally for international live concerts. Ready to begin her life over again, she moved to Marina del Rey and took a secretarial job under an assumed name, Glenda Schwartz. In an interview on BBC Woman's Hour on May 18, 2009, McGovern stated that exorbitant fees charged by her manager (40%) together with her band being on a full-time salary, whether she was performing or not, were the cause of her perilous financial state. Her career declined and so did her finances. McGovern's contract with 20th Century ended during 1976. It proved to be her only hit in the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at No. In 1976, she recorded her cover version of " The Continental", the very first Oscar-winning track for Best Original Song. The former won an Oscar (though it was only a minor pop hit), and the latter received an Oscar nomination. Following the success of "The Morning After," she received a Grammy Award nomination in 1974 for 'Best New Artist'.ĭuring 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. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. After it won an Oscar for Best Original Song, "The Morning After" scored well on the popular music charts, reaching No. He hired McGovern sight unseen to record the song, which resulted in her contracting with 20th Century Records. 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. Her singing caught the attention of Russ Regan (then head of 20th Century Records) in 1972 when he heard a demonstration she had recorded. Her influences include Barbra Streisand, Judy Collins, and Joni Mitchell.Īfter graduating from Boardman High School in 1967, she worked as a secretary and performed part-time as a singer for a local folk band called Sweet Rain.
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She decided at age eight that she wanted to be a professional singer. She was told by her elders that she began singing at the age of three, and would sometimes sing herself to sleep with things she heard on the radio. As a child, McGovern would listen to her father's singing quartet rehearse in their home. McGovern was born in Youngstown, Ohio, United States, the daughter of James Terrence McGovern and Mary Rita ( née Welsh).
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