TEXAS MUSIC IS LOVED BETTY BUCKLEY For January 21st 2015 Born Betty Lynn Buckley in Big Spring, Texas and was raised in Fort Worth. While a student at Texas Christian University (TCU), she was crowned Miss Fort Worth in 1966 and was runner-up in the Miss Texas competition. She was then invited to perform at the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, and it was there that she was spotted by a talent scout. After returning to TCU to earn her college degree, she toured Asia to visit soldiers wounded in the Vietnam War. She has become an Actress and Broadway singer and star. On Broadway she has starred in: 1776 and Cats. On TV she starred as the mother in: ‘Eight is Enough’. Her film career includes the films Carrie, Tender Mercies, and Frantic. She is a Tony Award and Grammy Award winner. Betty has recorded 15 solo albums, and gives concerts and makes guest solo appearances across the U.S. each year. She is also a composer; her first recording contains mostly songs she wrote. She is also featured on many Broadway compilation recordings, and on the original cast recordings of 1776, Cats, the London recording of Promises, Promises, Triumph of Love and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. She has been twice nominated for a Grammy Award. Her albums Quintessence and 1967 were released by Playbill Records in February 2008. Quintessence features jazz arrangements of standards by her longtime collaborator, jazz pianist Kenny Werner. Her most recent album Ghostlight was produced by the legendary and fellow Texan T Bone Burnett and was released in 2014. She once stated: “I was relieved to discover there was a purpose for girls growing up in Texas with loud voices. Texas also blessed me with my two great loves, Music and Horses.”
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 04:33:03 +0000
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