Florence Warner (born March 22, 1947) is an American singer who has worked mainly in recordings of television commercials, including the "Hello News" image campaign from Gari Communications. She was born in

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. Warner appeared on several recordings in the 1970s and early 1980s, including a duet with

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on his cover of

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's " Lost in Love" (from the 1980 album, '' Man of the World''). Her recording of the song "Pirate" was selected by

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for inclusion on the demonstration disc (810 027-2) that came with the first compact disc players, such as the Philips model CD200. In 1984, she sang on the ABC network campaign, "We're With You on ABC" (a campaign using character actors playing the roles of people watching ABC shows throughout the day).

Recordings

* "The Status Cymbal" (1970 with Byron Warner & Tom Porter) *"For No Good Reason" (1973; 7" vinyl single) *"Florence Warner" (1974, vinyl LP) *"Anyway I Love You" (1975, 7" vinyl single) *" Lost in Love" (1980) - duet with

*"Hello Love" (1980, 7" vinyl single) *"Another Hot Night" (1981, vinyl LP) *"Hold Me Once" (1981, 7" vinyl single) *"I Miss Your Heartbeat" (1981, 7" vinyl single) *"Just Believe It" (1982, vinyl LP) *"Once Upon A Time With Me (Theme Song From "Once Upon A Forest")" (1993, 12" single) - duet with The

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*"Out of the Blue" (1982, 7" vinyl single) *"Once Upon A Time With Me (

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's 20th Anniversary)" (2013, original version) - duet with

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*"Once Upon A Time With Me (Once Upon a Forest's First 25 Years)" (2018, original version) - duet with

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Backing vocals

* ''Jem'' (1985 - 1988; including the singing voice of Kimber Benton on the song "I'm Okay" with Lani Groves as the singing voice of Stormer) *"Grail: The Rock Musical of the Future" (1999) *''Portrait: The Music of

Dan Fogelberg Daniel Grayling Fogelberg (August 13, 1951 – December 16, 2007) was an American musician, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is known for his 1970s and 1980s songs, including " Longer" (1979), " Same Old Lang Syne" (1980), and ...

From 1972-1997'' (1997) *''Troubadour The Definitive Collection 1964-1976'' -

Donovan Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelic rock and world mus ...

- (1992) *''Gold Expanded Edition: More Collection of Steely Dan Songs'' -

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(1982) *'' Greatest Hits (Dan Fogelberg album)'' (1982) *''Somewhere Over China'' -

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(1982) *''Bare'' -

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(1978) *'' Twin Sons of Different Mothers'' -

and

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(1978) *''Old'' -

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(1975) *''

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(1974) *''Stardancer'' - Tom Rapp (1972) *'' Blue River'' -

Eric Andersen Eric Andersen (born February 14, 1943) is an American folk music singer-songwriter, who has written songs recorded by Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, the Grateful Dead and many others. Early in his career, in the 1960s, he ...

(1971)

Television commercials

*Burger King *"Hello News" Gari Communications *Hoover *Kmart *Kodak *Michelob *Pepsi *Public Broadcasting (PBS) *Sprite *Safeway *Starburst Fruit Chews *V-8

References

External links

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