LAURA BRANIGAN All Night With Me RESTORED CLIP

The 1980's musically for me were about just so many things; but primarily they were about a group of female singers that I followed and enjoyed all their recordings however hard to find! Natalie Cole, Nicolette Larson, Dionne Warwick, Melissa Manchester, Juice Newton, Donna Summer, Kim Carnes, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Sheena Easton, Chaka Khan and Laura Branigan all with a consistent output of albums were my most treasured during that decade. Olivia Newton John and Suzi Quatro were largely 70's artists for me (although Olivia kept recording well into the new decade), and my favourite Aussie singers Renee Geyer and Marcia Hines had largely vanished by the middle of that decade only to have great comebacks in the next decades.

Laura Branigan burst onto the world stage in a big way in 1982 with 'Gloria' and spent the rest of the decade releasing hit albums and singles. Her big big voice and compelling presence placed her at the centre of pop music, although the hits had pretty much stopped by the end of the decade. 'All night with me' was actually released before 'Gloria' but failed to chart. Her LP 'Branigan' was a pretty uneven set, but these two singles, put Laura on the map and helped 'Branigan 2', 'Self Control', 'Hold Me' and 'Touch' keep her profile pretty high although 'Touch' produced her last Top 40 hit - a cover of Jennifer Rush's 'Power of Love'. Sadly only two more albums of new material followed in the 1990's and Laura passed away in 2004. I've restored this performance clip of 'All night with me' and it is a beautiful example of the singer's power and command of the stage and recording studio. Gone but not forgotten!