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Cyndi Grecco

{{Short description|American singer (born 1952)}}

{{BLP sources|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Cyndi Grecco

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|05|19}}

| birth_place = New York City{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

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| genre = Adult contemporary

| occupation = Singer

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| years_active = 1976–1989

| label = Private Stock Records

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Cyndi Grecco (born May 19, 1952) is an American singer who performed the theme song to the 1970s American television show Laverne & Shirley.

The song, "Making Our Dreams Come True," featured Grecco accompanied by The Ron Hicklin Singers. It was released as a single on Private Stock Records label and spent two weeks at No. 25 in the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked July 4 through July 10, 1976.{{cite magazine |date=July 4, 1976 |title=Billboard Hot 100™ |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1976-07-03/ |url-status= |accessdate=March 25, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Penske Media Corporation}}{{Cite magazine |last= |date=July 10, 1976 |title=Billboard Hot 100™ |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1976-07-10/ |url-status= |access-date=March 25, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |language=en-US}}

Career

Composer Charles Fox and lyricist Norman Gimbel were hired by Laverne & Shirley creator Garry Marshall to write the show's theme song.{{Cite web |last=Benitez-Eves |first=Tina |date=January 31, 2023 |title=The Story (and Fistfight) Behind the 'Laverne & Shirley' Theme Song |url=https://americansongwriter.com/the-story-and-fistfight-behind-the-laverne-shirley-theme-song/ |access-date=March 25, 2024 |website=American Songwriter |publisher=Savage Ventures |language=en-US}} While Fox was visiting Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park in California, Grecco caught his attention when she was singing in a pop group at the park. Fox shared the Laverne & Shirley song with Grecco and offered her the opportunity to audition. Accompanied by The Ron Hicklin Singers, Grecco sang the hit theme song and it was released it as a single. The song spent two weeks at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976.

Managed by Janna Feliciano, then-wife of José Feliciano, Grecco provided the theme to the 1970s ABC television show Blansky's Beauties. She was a featured half-time performer and sang the U.S. National Anthem at the 1977 Sun Bowl.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27308021/sun_bowl_halftime_begins_in_minds_eye/ |title=Sun Bowl Half-Time Begins in Mind's Eye |newspaper=El Paso Times |page=38 |date=December 8, 1976 |accessdate=January 17, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27307895/editors_corner/ |title=Editor's Corner |first=Pete |last=Lee |newspaper=El Paso Herald-Post |page=4 |date=January 4, 1977 |accessdate=January 17, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}

Wish Upon a Star (1982), was Grecco's second album. It featured a disco-themed single, "Dancing, Dancing", which failed to chart.

Discography

Albums

  • Making Our Dreams Come True (1976)
  • Wish Upon a Star (1982)

Singles

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0337397}}
  • [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p187360|pure_url=yes}} Cyndi Grecco] at AllMusic
  • [https://www.discogs.com/artist/511478-Cyndi-Grecco Cyndi Grecco] at Discogs
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpCi73hG5xY American Bandstand 1976- Interview Cyndi Grecco] via YouTube
  • [https://cyndigrecco.bandcamp.com Cyndi Grecco at Bandcamp]

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Category:American women singers

Category:Living people

Category:1952 births

Category:Private Stock Records artists

Category:21st-century American women

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