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SHOWBIZ TIME MAGAZINE P. 29     Cover of the Magazine    Table of Contents      Highlights
American Living Legends Part 2          Cont'd from Part 1

 

Maureen McGovern: A national Treasure!

 Maureen's current releases, Help is On the Way (in partnership with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids) and Works of Heart, songs of hope featuring a newly recorded 30th Anniversary version of "The Morning After" launched the Maureen McGovern "Works of Heart" Foundation for Music and Healing to address the emotional and inspirational needs of patients and caregivers. Ms. McGovern is a National Board Member of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and an Artist Spokesperson for The American Music Therapy Association.

Maureen's films include The Towering Inferno, Airplane, Airplane II: The Sequel, The Cure for Boredom (aka: Sex and Bullets) and as the voice of 'Rachel' in the DreamWorks animated video Joseph: King of Dreams with Ben Affleck. Television roles include One Life to Live, The Tracey Ullman Show, Pacific Blue, Duckman and Beyond Belief. Her recording career began with a #1 chart topping, Academy Award winning Gold Record "The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure, for which she received a "Best New Artist" Grammy nomination, followed by the Oscar winning Gold Record "We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno, "Can You Read My Mind?" from Superman and "Different Worlds" from the TV series, Angie. Maureen has recorded more than 25 albums, including songwriter tributes to George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Richard Rodgers and Alan & Marilyn Bergman. She received her second Grammy nomination in 1999 for her CD, The Pleasure of His Company. Maureen is featured singing "This Is Just The Day" on the Grammy winning, "Best Musical Recording for Children" CD/DVD, "Songs from the Neighborhood: The Music of Mister Rogers." Maureen's current releases, Help is On the Way (in partnership with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids) and Works of Heart, songs of hope featuring a newly recorded 30th Anniversary version of "The Morning After" launched the Maureen McGovern "Works of Heart" Foundation for Music and Healing to address the emotional and inspirational needs of patients and caregivers. Ms. McGovern is a National Board Member of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and an Artist Spokesperson for The American Music Therapy Association.  Press quotes: “Maureen McGovern is a singer who moves comfortably from jazz to soaring movie themes and from classical pop standards to operetta... a coloratura jazz singer at ease in any medium…Ms. McGovern’s gorgeous voice and the melodies of Richard Rodgers were meant for each other... Not only is the singer the closest American equivalent to Julie Andrews in her vocal prime, but she also adds a jazzy, coloratura panache.”-Stephen Holdn - The New York Times. “...McGovern was up to the task, singing with astonishing musical facility.

 

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Her scatting on “I’m Late” and “Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead” was astounding. And her a cappella rendering of “Skylark” (a tune some singers have difficulty delivering in tune even with accompaniment) was both a musical and a storytelling tour de force…If there’s a singer on the planet who can perform material from the great American pop music songbook any better than she can, it’s hard to imagine whom it might be... What raises McGovern above most other artists in her stylistic arena is her unique combination of a natural vocal ability, knowledgeable musicality and an amiable manner... a world-class vocal artist.”-Don Heckman - Los Angeles Times. “McGovern has the most remarkable range and crisply tailored diction in town, and she offers a lesson in dynamics, from her whispery take on "Nice 'n' Easy" to the sweaty seductiveness of "Fever." McGovern's wide-ranging scat singing and her sense of jazz phrasing is just another facet of her skillful vocal talents.”-Robert L. Daniels – Variety. “To describe Maureen McGovern as versatile would be an understatement. Armed with a multi-octave range, the American singer fits effortlessly from pop to scat, easy listening to musical theatre.”- Clive Davis -London Times. “Easy on the eyes, with perfect pitch, superb intonation and a range that knows no boundaries, this classic diva of the old school easily negotiates the bridge between jazz and pop styles.”-Rex Reed - New York Observer. “McGovern is out once again to wow audiences with her “instrument,” a thrilling powerhouse voice.”- Blake Green – Newsday.

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