Which female singer was torn between two lovers in 1977?
"Torn Between Two Lovers ""Torn Between Two Lovers"" is a song written by Peter Yarrow (of the folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary) and Phillip Jarrell. The song describes a love triangle and laments that ""loving both of you is breaking all the rules"". Mary MacGregor recorded it at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in 1976. The song became the title track of her first album. ""Torn Between Two Lovers"" reached #1 on both the U.S. pop chart in February 1977 as well as the easy listening chart in the final week of 1976 and first week of 1977. It"
"on his ""Love Songs"" album. Signed to Ariola America records, MacGregor released her debut single, ""Torn Between Two Lovers"", in late 1976; it became a smash hit by February 1977. The new year saw the single top both the pop and adult contemporary charts and was certified as a gold record. In addition, it reached #3 on Billboard's Country chart and also reached No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart. Two further singles from the album of the same name, also written and produced by Yarrow, charted but were overwhelmed by the success of the title track. MacGregor admitted in"
"also reached number one on the corresponding Canadian charts. The song also peaked at #3 on the country charts of both nations. In early 1977, the song peaked at #4 in the United Kingdom. ""Torn Between Two Lovers"" has also been recorded by Johnny Rodriguez for his 1977 album ""Practice Makes Perfect"", Anna-Lena Löfgren for her 1979 album "" Lev Som Du Lär"" and Anita Meyer for her 1984 album ""Face to Face"". Connie Francis recorded ""Torn Between Two Lovers"" for her 1989 album release ""Where the Hits Are"" which was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and contained a"
"hit that the trio recorded. The trio broke up in 1970 to pursue solo careers. Also during that year Peter Yarrow was convicted of making sexual advances toward a 14-year-old girl. Years later, Yarrow received a presidential pardon from Jimmy Carter. Travers recorded five solo LPs and did concerts and lectures across the United States. She also produced, wrote, and starred in a BBC-TV series. Stookey formed a Christian music group called the Body Works Band. Yarrow co-wrote and produced Mary MacGregor's ""Torn Between Two Lovers"" (No. 1, 1977) and earned an Emmy for three animated TV specials based on"
"Louisa Mark Louisa Lynthia Mark, also known as ""Markswoman"" (11 January 1960 – 17 October 2009), was a British lovers rock singer, best known for her work between the mid-1970s and early 1980s. Her 1975 single ""Caught You in a Lie"" is regarded as the first lovers rock single. Mark was born in Kensal Rise, London to Grenadian immigrant parents, and grew up in Shepherd's Bush. She had her introduction to the music business initially by working as guest vocalist on Dennis Bovell's Sufferer sound system, followed by a residency at the Metro club in Westbourne Park, and via ""Star"
"Two the Hard Way Two the Hard Way is a studio album by American singer-actress Cher and the third studio album by American rock singer Gregg Allman released in November 1977 by Warner Bros. Records. The album, billed to ""Allman and Woman"", was a critical and commercial failure and has sold fewer than 550,000 copies worldwide. The product of the two musicians' unlikely and turbulent relationship and marriage, it attempted an even more unlikely musical melding of Allman's Southern rock with Cher's idiosyncratic, personality-driven pop. The uncharacteristically airbrushed cover notwithstanding, Allman's musical ideas and singing generally took the lead. The"
"Nancy Spungen Nancy Laura Spungen (; February 27, 1958 – October 12, 1978) was the American girlfriend of English Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and a figure of the 1970s punk rock scene. Spungen's life and death have been the subject of controversy among music historians and fans of the Sex Pistols. Raised in Philadelphia, Spungen was an emotionally disturbed child who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 15. After being expelled from college, she went to London at the height of the punk rock craze and became involved with Sid Vicious. Their relationship was punctuated by bouts of domestic"
"You"" (1976) and ""Cherished"" (1977), the latter a return to her pop style at Warner's producers' insistence, were commercially unsuccessful. In 1977, under the rubric ""Allman and Woman"", she recorded alongside Allman the duet album ""Two the Hard Way"". Their relationship ended following the release of the album, and their divorce was finalized in 1979. Beginning in 1978, she had a two-year live-in relationship with Kiss member Gene Simmons. That year, she legally changed her name from Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere Bono Allman to Cher, to eliminate the use of four surnames. She returned to prime time television with the"
"Margo Smith Margo Smith (born Betty Lou Miller; April 9, 1942, Dayton, Ohio) is an American country music singer. In the 1970s, she was a popular female country vocalist, acquiring two No. 1 hits on the country charts during that time, ""Don't Break the Heart That Loves You"" and ""It Only Hurts for a Little While"", both country music remakes of previous pop music standards. She is also considered a ""world class yodeler"". In the late 1970s, after releasing 1979's ""A Woman"" album, Smith's image metamorphosed and became more risque in both her costumes and recorded material, like 1979's top"
"not Philippe Briche], and was hit by the bullet that was intended for him. Chantal Curtis Chantal Curtis was a singer who had a disco hit in 1979 with ""Get Another Love"". She had some recordings released earlier under a different name. She died in Israel in 1985 having been hit by a bullet that was intended for her boyfriend. During her short career she had worked with Pierre Jaubert (fr) and Vladimir Cosma. She was born in Tunisia. Her real name was Chantal Sitruk. While walking through the streets of Paris in the 1970s and talking to another woman,"
"it without her consent or participation. To promote the release of the album Cher and Allman did a mini tour called Two the Hard Way Tour. Two the Hard Way Two the Hard Way is a studio album by American singer-actress Cher and the third studio album by American rock singer Gregg Allman released in November 1977 by Warner Bros. Records. The album, billed to ""Allman and Woman"", was a critical and commercial failure and has sold fewer than 550,000 copies worldwide. The product of the two musicians' unlikely and turbulent relationship and marriage, it attempted an even more unlikely"
"number of songs whose original versions were Muscle Shoals recordings. Faye Wong recorded a Cantonese version of ""Torn Between Two Lovers"" (""中間人"") for her debut album ""Shirley Wong"" in 1989. Joey Sontz recorded his version of the song for his debut album ""Chasing the Dream"" in 2012. ""Torn Between Two Lovers"" has been rendered in a number of languages including German; ""Zwischen zwei gefühlen"" by Penny McLean, Portuguese; ""Só, entre dois amores"" by Celly Campello (), Dutch; ""Hulpeloos verloren"" by Conny Vandenbos, Swedish; ""Ge mig dina tankar"" by Wizex, and in Spanish; ""Entre dos amores"" by Christie Lee. The song"
"Gloria Jones Gloria Richetta Jones (born October 19, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California. She recorded the 1965 hit song ""Tainted Love"", later covered by the British synthpop duo Soft Cell. She was the girlfriend of glam rock artist Marc Bolan of the band T. Rex until his death in 1977, and was a member of the band, as a keyboardist and backing vocalist, from 1973 to 1976. Jones was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and moved to Los Angeles, California, at the age of seven, where she first started singing. Jones' first taste of fame came at"
"between the Turners finally ended in 1978, the same year ""Rough"" was released, leaving Tina penniless - but with the legal right to still use her stage name Tina Turner. The album was made up of rock songs, instead of the soul, bluesy, and R&B music that she typically had performed with the Revue. But the album was recorded at the height of the disco era and so shows influences from that genre. The opening track, ""Fruits of the Night"", for example, was co-written by Giorgio Moroder's longtime collaborator Pete Bellotte. Turner also included a cover of Bob Seger's ""Fire"
"Nicolette Larson Nicolette Larson (July 17, 1952 – December 16, 1997) was an American pop singer. She is perhaps best known for her work in the late 1970s with Neil Young and her 1978 hit single of Neil Young's ""Lotta Love,"" which hit No. 1 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and No. 8 on the Pop Singles chart. It was followed by four more adult contemporary hits, two of which were also minor pop hits. By 1985, she shifted her focus to country music, charting six times on the US Country Singles chart. Her only top-40 country hit"
"Spungen's associates, including John Holmstrom, Don Letts, Glen Matlock, and Howie Pyro. Nancy Spungen Nancy Laura Spungen (; February 27, 1958 – October 12, 1978) was the American girlfriend of English Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and a figure of the 1970s punk rock scene. Spungen's life and death have been the subject of controversy among music historians and fans of the Sex Pistols. Raised in Philadelphia, Spungen was an emotionally disturbed child who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 15. After being expelled from college, she went to London at the height of the punk rock craze and became"
"chart. Nicolette Larson Nicolette Larson (July 17, 1952 – December 16, 1997) was an American pop singer. She is perhaps best known for her work in the late 1970s with Neil Young and her 1978 hit single of Neil Young's ""Lotta Love,"" which hit No. 1 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and No. 8 on the Pop Singles chart. It was followed by four more adult contemporary hits, two of which were also minor pop hits. By 1985, she shifted her focus to country music, charting six times on the US Country Singles chart. Her only top-40 country"
"middle of an acrimonious breakup. The European leg of the tour covered the Netherlands, Belgium, France, England, Wales, Scotland and West Germany, over a span of 29 days. The tour would start November 6, 1977, and was to be a 29 date tour, but on December 3, 1977 Cher pulled the plug on the tour and left Allman in Europe while she headed back to the United States with her children. The pair were backed by an eight-piece band. The show, whose material was selected by both of them, combined both Allman's material, which he sang solo, and numerous duets"
"1977 Taylor's career had stalled, and the couple's marriage failed. Taylor returned to Toledo to raise her children, found other work, and sang only in her church, never recording or performing professionally again. However, over the years some of her recordings became highly sought after by collectors of rare groove soul and funk music. In 2015, after several years of negotiations, Ubiquity Records reissued many of her recordings on CD and vinyl as ""Love Is A Hurtin' Thing,"" and Taylor announced her intention to return to performing. Taylor died on December 8, 2017, at age 73. Gloria Ann Taylor Gloria"
"Love's Ups and Downs Love's Ups and Downs is an album by American country singer Barbara Mandrell, released in November 1977. This was Mandrell's second album released in 1977. The previous album released two singles, one of which was a Top 5 hit. This album also released two singles. Both singles became Top 10 hits on the Billboard Country charts, the first time Mandrell had two solo Top 10 hits in a row. The first single, ""Woman to Woman"" peaked in the Top 5 and was a major hit that year. The song also marked the first time one of"
"band Kiss, from 1980 to 1983. They began dating after Cher, who had remained friends with Simmons following their break-up, suggested he ask Ross to help him choose her Christmas present. Simmons, in his autobiography, contends that he was not dating Cher when he met Ross. Ross ended her relationship with Simmons when he gave Ross the erroneous impression that he had resumed his relationship with Cher. Simmons' story differed in 2015 when he revealed that he fell in love with Ross while dating Cher, which ended Ross and Cher's friendship. Ross met her second husband, Norwegian shipping magnate Arne"
"for divorce from Cokas, after ""having been separated for the past year."" News of their split came seven months after McPhee was photographed kissing her married ""Smash"" director, Michael Morris. Her divorce from Cokas was finalized on February 8, 2016. McPhee dated her ""Scorpion"" co-star Elyes Gabel for almost two years. They split in 2016. She became engaged to 69-year-old record producer David Foster in June 2018. Katharine McPhee Katharine Hope McPhee (born March 25, 1984) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. In May 2006, she was the runner-up on the fifth season of ""American Idol."" Her self-titled debut"
"Simpson's fifth studio album and her second film was noted by critics, as her sister Ashlee experienced a similar decline in success. In November 2007, Simpson began dating Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. The relationship was controversial among fans of the Cowboys, who blamed Simpson for Romo's poor performance in games after the pair got together. Some fans dubbed Simpson ""Yoko Romo,"" a reference to Yoko Ono who is widely believed to have been the cause of the split of The Beatles. Then-president George W. Bush even commented on the pair's relationship, implying that Simpson was to blame for Romo's"
"Chantal Curtis Chantal Curtis was a singer who had a disco hit in 1979 with ""Get Another Love"". She had some recordings released earlier under a different name. She died in Israel in 1985 having been hit by a bullet that was intended for her boyfriend. During her short career she had worked with Pierre Jaubert (fr) and Vladimir Cosma. She was born in Tunisia. Her real name was Chantal Sitruk. While walking through the streets of Paris in the 1970s and talking to another woman, she was overheard by producer Pierre Jaubert. Liking the sound of her voice, he"
"a duet with Lori St. James, was released on iTunes. Stacey Q Stacey Lynn Swain (born November 30, 1958), known by her stage name Stacey Q, is an American pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. Her best-known single, ""Two of Hearts"", released in 1986, reached number three on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and the top ten on charts in other countries. Swain was born on November 30, 1958 in Fullerton, California. She is the youngest of three children. Her mother, Joyce, bred Cardigan Welsh Corgis that have appeared in Hollywood films and television. In a 1989 interview, Swain said she"
"was married off by her father to a man she didn't love, resulting in Majnun's madness, struck a deep chord with Clapton. Boyd divorced Harrison in 1977 and married Clapton in 1979 during a concert stop in Tucson, Arizona. Harrison was not bitter about the divorce and attended Clapton's wedding party with fellow Beatles Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney. During their relationship, Clapton wrote another love ballad for Pattie, ""Wonderful Tonight"" (1977). Clapton and Boyd divorced in 1988. After the breakup of Cream, Clapton tried his hand with several groups, including Blind Faith and the husband-and-wife duo Delaney and Bonnie."
"unsatisfied with Elektra-Asylum, whom he felt had lost interest in him as an artist in favor of their more commercially successful acts like the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Carly Simon, and Queen. Jones' musical career was taking off; after an appearance on ""Saturday Night Live"" her single ""Chuck E.'s In Love"" reached number 4 in the singles chart, straining her relationship with Waits. Their relationship was further damaged by Jones' heroin addiction. Waits joined Jones for the first leg of her European tour, but then ended his relationship with her. Her grief at the breakup was channelled into the 1981 album"
"and which effectively ended her affair with Olga de Meyer, who was married at the time and whose godfather (and purported biological father) was Edward VII. Composer and conductor Ethel Smyth fell deeply in love with her during their affair. In the early 1920s Polignac became involved with pianist Renata Borgatti. From 1923 to 1933 her lover was the British socialite and novelist Violet Trefusis, with whom she had a loving but often turbulent relationship. Alvilde Chaplin, the future wife of the author James Lees-Milne, was involved with Singer from 1938 to 1943; the two women were living together in"
"1977 split, brought on by months of growing tension, LaBelle and her husband of then eight years, Armstead Edwards, went to see a shrink over emotional distress in their marriage, which was partially due to the singer's fright over continuing a career without her group members. After further evaluation, LaBelle and her husband sorted out their differences. Edwards was then hired by his wife to be her manager as she carefully plotted her solo career. The singer traveled to New Orleans to record her new album, with David Rubinson, producer of Labelle's final album prior to their initial breakup, ""Chameleon"","
"Donna Summer LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), widely known by her stage name based on her married name Donna Summer, was an American singer, songwriter and actress. She gained prominence during the disco era of the late 1970s. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Summer was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach number one on the United States ""Billboard"" 200 chart and charted four number-one singles in the US within a 12-month period. Summer has reportedly sold over 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. She"
"""A Carol for Another Christmas"" (1964), ""After the Fox"" (1966) and ""The Bobo"" (1967) — before divorcing in 1968. In June 1973, she had a son, Nic Adler, with record producer Lou Adler. She also had a much publicised romance with rock star Rod Stewart; they were introduced in 1975 by Joan Collins and lived together for more than two years, with Ekland giving up her career to focus on the relationship. From 1979–1981, she dated and became engaged to Girl frontman and future L.A. Guns singer Phil Lewis. In 1984, at age 42, she married Stray Cats drummer Slim"
"at age 87. Novak once commented, ""I believe I was put on this Earth to take care of Mae West."" West was a Presbyterian and her funeral was held at the First Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills, California. Albums: At least 21 singles (78 rpm and 45 rpm) also were released from 1933 to 1973. Mae West Mary Jane ""Mae"" West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades, known for her lighthearted bawdy double entendres and breezy sexual independence. West was active in"
"Sable Starr Sable Starr (nee Sabel Hay Shields; August 15, 1957 – April 18, 2009) was a noted American groupie, often described as the ""queen of the groupie scene"" in Los Angeles during the early 1970s. She admitted during an interview published in the June 1973 edition of ""Star"" Magazine that she was closely acquainted with Iggy Pop, Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, and Marc Bolan. Starr first attended concerts around Los Angeles with older friends who had dropped out of school in late 1968. She claims to have lost her virginity at age 12 with Spirit"