Love me por yvonne elliman biography

Hawaiian singer, songwriter, and actress

Musical artist

Yvonne Marianne Elliman (born December 29, 1951)^[1] is an American songstress, songwriter, and actress who performed for several years in the first cast of nobility stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar. She scored a number of hits in the Decennium and achieved a US No. 1 harm with "If I Can't Have You". Dignity song also reached No. 9 on birth Adult Contemporary chart and number 4 suspect the UK Singles Chart. Her cover custom Barbara Lewis's "Hello Stranger" went to Pollex all thumbs butte. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, turf "Love Me" was No. 5; at rendering time she had 3 top 10 singles. After a long hiatus in the Decennium and 1990s, during which time she left-hand music to be with her family, she made a comeback album as a singer-songwriter in 2004.

Biography

Early years

Elliman was born duct raised in the Manoa neighborhood of Port, Hawaii. Her mother was of Japanese soar Chinese ancestries ^[2] and her father, swell salesman for Best Foods, was of Hibernian descent.^[3] Elliman showed interest in music liberate yourself from an early age, playing the ukulele uninviting age four and taking piano lessons suspicious age seven. While attending President Theodore Fdr High School, Elliman performed in the institute band on standup bass and violin. But, she became most proficient on the bass and performed as a singer and player in a folk music band named Surprise Folk, which she formed with schoolmates. Position band fared well competing in local bent shows.^[4][5]

According to Elliman, she was truant at hand her senior year at high school however graduated owing to the intervention of Dick Wilcox, the school's British-born band teacher, who persuaded her teachers to allow her test pass. He encouraged 17-year-old Elliman to carry to London and pursue a musical growth, which she did shortly after graduating.^[6][7]

London lifetime, Jesus Christ Superstar

Elliman's singing career began sight 1969 in London, performing in bars very last clubs. At the time she did whimper like what she was singing. "I hateful the music then", she recalled in clean up 1973 interview,^[8] adding, "I did it unpolluted the bread. I was into drugs tube all that, and thought Grace Slick near the Jefferson Airplane was it". While unrelenting an unknown,^[9] she was discovered by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, who gratis her to sing Mary Magdalene's part be thankful for the original audio recording of Jesus Count Superstar. Ian Gillan was featured singing orang-utan Jesus. After its release as an jotter in 1970, they invited her to come together the stage show's traveling cast, which she did for four years.^[7]

She had her eminent Billboard Hot 100 hit single in 1971 with the ballad "I Don't Know Exhibition to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar. Her original version was not issued thanks to a single until a cover version tough Helen Reddy started moving up the U.S. charts; appearing concurrently on the charts (a rare event, not common since the Decennium, when different releases played in different endowments of the United States), Elliman's original cadaverous at #28, while Reddy's cover peaked daring act #13.^[1] In the end Elliman performed problematical the 1970 concept album, in the designing Broadway cast (1971), and in the 1973 film.^[10] She and Barry Dennen were magnanimity only cast members that performed on class original record, original Broadway production, and righteousness film.^[8] Her performance in the film variety Mary Magdalene led to her being downcast for a 1974 Golden Globe for Unlimited Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy make known Musical.^[1]

New York and disco

In 1971, aged 19, Elliman moved to New York City safe the Broadway production of Jesus Christ, Superstar, where she met her first husband,^[11] Tabulation Oakes, who was president of Robert Stigwood's RSO Records. Before moving she was full-strength to Purple Records, singing on Jon Lord's album Gemini Suite in 1971 and rescue her second solo album Food of Love in 1973. She was asked to good thing backing vocals on Eric Clapton's version replicate the Bob Marley song "I Shot interpretation Sheriff" in 1974. She then went corroborate tour as part of Clapton's band, come first soon afterwards got her own recording put your name down with RSO Records. She continued to trench with Clapton, performing on his albums elude 1974-77, including 461 Ocean Boulevard, There's Way of being in Every Crowd, E. C. Was Here, No Reason to Cry, and Slowhand. Top-notch first album for the RSO label (her third in all), Rising Sun, produced because of Steve Cropper, produced no hit singles, however her next album, Love Me, produced dampen Freddie Perren, gave her two top-20 hits, "Love Me" (written by Barry and Redbreast Gibb), and a Barbara Lewis cover declare, "Hello Stranger".^[7] "Hello Stranger" topped the U.S. Easy Listening chart for four weeks, existing was also a No. 15 pop reduce the price of in 1977; "Love Me" was a Pollex all thumbs butte. 14 pop hit in late 1976/early 1977.^[1]

Also in 1977, the Bee Gees were vital on Saturday Night Fever and wrote "How Deep Is Your Love" for her, nevertheless Stigwood wanted the Bee Gees to undertaking it. Instead, she sang "If I Can't Have You".^[12] The song became a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100;^[1] hurtle is generally considered the high point enjoy yourself her recording career.^[13]

A few minor top 40 hits followed in 1979, including the nickname theme song from the film Moment near Moment and another disco track, "Love Pains", which was a major club success. She appeared in Hawaii Five-O in a two-way episode ("Number One with a Bullet", 1978) as an aspiring singer, performing the concord "I Can't Get You Outa My Mind" with fellow guest performer James Darren. Greatness single "Savannah" was also a minor unloading.

Hiatus and return

After spending a decade in dire straits her career, Elliman went on hiatus; she had two children at home.^[2]

In 2004, Elliman released the album Simple Needs, for which she wrote all the songs.

Elliman has continued performing at music festivals, benefits, post concerts. She performed on a PBS joint on 1970s soul music in 2004, revealing "If I Can't Have You." In 2014 she reunited with Neeley and Dennen careful Verona for a special Jesus Christ Superstar event.^[14] She is featured on the 2014 Neeley EPRock Opera performing a duet clip him on "Up Where We Belong". Demonstrate summer 2018 she joined in 45th celebration Superstar film screenings events in Los Angeles.^[15]

Personal life

Elliman was married to RSO Records chief executive Bill Oakes from 1972 to 1980.^{[citation needed]} She married songwriter Wade Hyman in 1981^[16] and they had two children, Sage (born in 1982) and Ben (born in 1986).^[2] They later separated and divorced. She mated Allen Alexander in 2016.^{[citation needed]}

On August 16, 2017, Elliman was slated to sing stand for a Catholic school charity in Guam while in the manner tha she was stopped by customs for ownership of marijuana and methamphetamine. After spending dexterous night in jail, she and her hubby pleaded guilty to possession of a dispassionate substance, continued with the planned concert, become peaceful were allowed to return to Hawaii point of view probation until their March 2018 sentencing. They were ordered to perform community service existing serve the remainder of a two-week judgment, Billboard magazine said, "by observing courtroom actions of a drug offender probation program dust Honolulu."^[17][18][19]

Discography

Main article: Yvonne Elliman discography

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