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Anne Murray’s new all-star collaborative
album “Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends”
released, now available…
Anne to Tour to several U.S. cities in
February and March 2008
Music icon Anne Murray has sold more than 50 million albums
in a distinguished career that spans four
decades.
On January 15th,
Manhattan/EMI will release Anne Murray
Duets: Friends & Legends, an
exceptional 17-track collection of her top
hits and favorites, newly recorded as duets
with some of the world’s top female
recording artists.
Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legendsshowcases
a wide variety of Anne's favorite female
vocalists. Among the album’s tracks and
collaborating artists are "Snowbird" with
Sarah Brightman, "You Needed Me" with Shania
Twain, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" with
Anne’s daughter Dawn Langstroth, "Danny's
Song" with Martina McBride, “Another Pot O’
Tea” with Emmylou Harris, “A Little Good
News” with Indigo Girls, “Cotton Jenny" with
Olivia Newton-John, “Could I Have This
Dance” with Amy Grant, “Daydream Believer”
with Nelly Furtado, “A Love Song” with k.d.
lang, “Time Don’t Run Out On Me” with the
song’s writer, Carole King, and more.
In 1979, Anne and Dusty Springfield each recorded the song "I Just Fall
In Love Again." Anne's version became a hit
single that garnered her Canada’s Juno Award
for "Single of the Year" in 1980. Anne and
Dusty remained friends until Dusty’s passing
in 1999, and for Anne, releasing an album
with this type of sisterly theme wouldn't
seem complete without Dusty's inclusion.
With the blessing of the Springfield family
and estate, a new version pairing Dusty's
original with Anne’s newly recorded vocals
is featured on the album.
Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legendswas produced by one of the most respected
music producers in the world, Phil Ramone
(Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Barbra
Streisand, Billy Joel), who counts 14 Grammy
Awards and 32 Grammy nominations among his
many honors.
Together, Anne and Phil
decided they would treat the songs on their
own terms and not adhere rigidly to the
arrangements of Anne’s classic versions.
While Anne had designs on how she imagined
the arrangements, she gave Phil free rein to
rework the songs. /b>
“We approached the sessions as if we were
just handed these songs and told to make
this record,” explains Ramone. “While
arrangements were changed, there are also
licks on some songs that I didn’t mess with.
We stayed true to the song.”
Working with Anne for the first time, Ramone
adds, was an easy task.
“What I love about
Anne is there are no words minced about
whatever she feels,” he says. “This is not a
person you have to think, ‘Will she tell me
the truth?’ When we met for a few hours in
Michigan before we started, we agreed we
wanted to bring some daring ideas and some
freshness to this album.”
“I said to Phil,” joked Anne, “The only
reason I asked you was that I’m the only
singer left that you haven’t worked with!”
“I’ve done duets throughout my career,” Anne
says. “I did duets when I started out on (CBC
Television’s) ‘Singalong Jubilee.’ I did a
duets album in 1971 with Glen Campbell.
Growing up I did lot of group singing at
school and sang with my brothers. I’ve
always loved singing harmony.”
Since releasing her debut album in 1967,
Anne Murray has been honored with a
spectacular number of awards. She is the
proud recipient of four Grammy Awards, three
American Music Awards, three Country Music
Association Awards, three Canadian Country
Music Association Awards and twenty-four
Juno Awards.
Anne has also been honored with
the Legacy Award from the Canadian
Songwriters Hall of Fame (2006), the East
Coast Music Association Directors' Special
Achievement Award (2001), induction into the
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame (2002),
and induction into the Juno Hall of Fame
(1993).
Anne Murray will tour to several U.S. cities
in February and March 2008 (confirmed tour
dates listed below). For updates and
additional information, visit Anne Murray’s
official Website:
www.annemurray.com
Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends
(CD and Digital Album)
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