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Anne Murray
Anne Murray is a Canadian singer. She was born on June 20 1945 in the small town of Springhill, Nova Scotia. Her father, James Carson Murray, was a doctor and her mother, Marion Murray, was a registered nurse.

She has performed in Pop, Country and Adult Contemporary styles. So far, her albums have sold over 54 million copies. She was the first Canadian female solo singer to reach #1 on the U.S. charts.

Murray is the first to earn a gold record for one of her signature songs, ?Snowbird?. She is often cited as the woman who paved the way for other Canadian international success stories.

She is also the first Canadian to win ?Album of the Year? at the Country Music Association Awards for her album A Little Good News. She has always resided in Canada and now lives in Toronto, but spends most summers in Nova Scotia.

On May 11, 2007, Murray was named the world?s best female celebrity golfer by Golf for Women magazine. After expressing an early interest in music, she studied piano for six years by age fifteen, she began taking voice lessons.

Following high school, Anne spent a year at Mount Saint Vincent University, Nova Scotia. After dropping out of Mount Saint Vincent University she went to the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, where she studied Physical Education.

Anne Murray was encouraged to audition for the CBC music television show ?Singalong Jubilee?. After a summer of singing, Anne began teaching Physical Education at a high school in Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

However after one year of teaching, she was offered a spot on a television show, ?Let?s Go? and returned to ?Singalong Jubilee?. A ?Singalong Jubilee? soundtrack was released by Arc Records, one of Canada?s first record labels.

After a year-long stint on Arc, Anne switched to Capitol Records to record her second album, This Way Is My Way, which was released in the fall of the same year.This album featured the single that launched her successful career, ?Snowbird?, which became a #1 hit in Canada.

?Snowbird? became a surprise hit on the U.S. charts as well, eventually also reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart in 1970. The song led to Anne being awarded the first gold record ever given to a Canadian solo artist in the United States.

Anne became the demand of several television appearances in Canada and the United States, eventually becoming a regular on the hit U.S. TV series The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.

In 1996, she signed on with a new manager, Bruce Allen, who also has managed careers for Bryan Adams and Martina McBride. She recorded her first live album in 1997.

She also released Country Croonin?, the follow-up to her successful 1993 album, Croonin?.

In 2004, she released I?ll Be Seeing You in Canada only, which features a collection of songs from the early 20th century through to the mid-1940s. The American version, titled All of Me, features a bonus disc containing many of her hit singles, followed in 2005.

Anne?s current album is Anne Murray Duets Friends and Legends, released in November 2007 in Canada and January 2008 in the U.S. The album comprises 17 tracks that include many of Anne?s biggest hits over her nearly four-decade career.

Murray?s album ?What a Wonderful World? was re-released July 2008 in North America as a 14 song package. A new Christmas album, titled ?Anne Murray?s Christmas Album? with bonus DVD is planned for release Oct, 2008. She will appear Aug 25th, 2008 on the popular TV program ?Canadian Idol? as a mentor.