lorrdarlin - Broken Hearted Me

lorrdarlin
Aug 03, 2025 11:50pm
<p>Though I sang this years ago but I couldn't find it in my library. So here I am now. Thanks for stopping in to listen........</p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSrezHbCxXUveip9m8TU-244Hs2Q9yMmkO4pA&s" alt="Anne Murray"><strong>Morna Anne Murray</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Canada" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">CC</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Nova_Scotia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">ONS</a> (born June 20, 1945) is a Canadian retired <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">country</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">pop</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_contemporary_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">adult contemporary music</a> singer who has sold over 55 million album copies worldwide during her over 40-year career.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Murray#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[1]</sup></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Murray#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[2]</sup></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Murray#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[3]</sup></a> Murray has won four <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammys" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Grammys</a> including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Female_Pop_Vocal_Performance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance</a> in 1978.</p><p>Murray was the first Canadian female solo singer to reach No. 1 on the U.S. charts and also the first to earn a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_certification" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Gold record</a> for one of her signature songs, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowbird_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Snowbird</a>" (1970).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Murray#cite_note-goldandplatinum-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[4]</sup></a> She is often cited as one of the female Canadian artists who paved the way for other international Canadian success stories such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.d._lang" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">k.d. lang</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celine_Dion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Céline Dion</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shania_Twain" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Shania Twain</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Murray#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[5]</sup></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Murray#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[6]</sup></a> Murray is well known for her Grammy Award-winning 1978 number-one hit (in several countries) "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Needed_Me" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">You Needed Me</a>", and is the first woman and the first Canadian to win Album of the Year at the 1984 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Country Music Association Awards</a> for her Gold-plus 1983 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Good_News_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>A Little Good News</em></a>.</p><p>Besides four Grammys, Murray has received a record 26 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Juno Awards</a>, three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Music_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">American Music Awards</a>, three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Country Music Association Awards</a>, and three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Country_Music_Association" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Canadian Country Music Association</a> Awards. She has been inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Juno Hall of Fame</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Broadcast_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Murray#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[7]</sup></a> She is a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Country Music Hall of Fame</a> Walkway of Stars in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Nashville</a> and has her own star on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Los Angeles</a> and on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%27s_Walk_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Canada's Walk of Fame</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Toronto</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Murray#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[8]</sup></a></p><p>In 2011, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Billboard</em></a> ranked her 10th on their list of the 50 Biggest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Contemporary" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Adult Contemporary</a> Artists Ever.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Murray#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[9]</sup></a></p><p>Early life</p><p>Morna Anne Murray was born in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_mining" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">coal-mining</a> town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springhill,_Nova_Scotia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Springhill, Nova Scotia</a>, to Dr. James Carson Murray (1908-1980), the town's physician, and Marion Margaret (née Burke) Murray (1914-2006), a nurse involved in community charity work. Anne has five brothers, her youngest brother Bruce died in 2020.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Murray#cite_note-allofme-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[10]</sup></a></p><p>After expressing an early interest in music, she studied piano for six years. By age 15, Murray took a bus ride every Saturday morning from Springhill to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatamagouche" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Tatamagouche</a>, Nova Scotia, for singing lessons. One of her earliest performances was of the song "Ave Maria"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Murray#cite_note-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[a]</sup></a> at her high school graduation in 1962.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Murray#cite_note-allofme-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[10]</sup></a> Following high school, Murray attended <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Saint_Vincent_University" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Mount Saint Vincent University</a> in Halifax for one year. She later studied Physical Education at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_New_Brunswick" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">University of New Brunswick</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredericton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Fredericton</a>. After receiving her degree in 1966,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Murray#cite_note-canadianencyclopedia.ca-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[11]</sup></a> Murray taught physical education at Athena Regional high school in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerside,_Prince_Edward_Island" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Summerside, Prince Edward Island</a>, for one year.</p><p>Her brother Bruce Murray released several recordings of his own<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Murray#cite_note-13" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[12]</sup></a> with several songs on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">RPM</a> charts between 1976 and 1982.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Murray#cite_note-14" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[13]</sup></a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>