Priscilla Wright (born August 14, 1940, in

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) is a Canadian singer, most famous for the song "

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", which she first released in 1955, and re-recorded in 1988.

Biography

Wright's father was choir conductor and composer

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, and her maternal grandfather was

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. Wright had a hit in the United States at the age of 14 with the song "The Man in the Raincoat" in 1955. It sold over half a million copies in the U.S. and hit No. 16 on ''

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''s chart of "Most Played by Jockeys".The Billboard Music Popularity Charts - Popular Records
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'', August 6, 1955. p. 50. Retrieved April 17, 2018. Following this she spent 14 years singing with the

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group

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, and sang with ''The National Press And Allied Workers' Jazz Band Inc''. In 1991, she signed to

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after a hiatus and released the album ''When You Love Somebody''. In 1993 she was nominated for a

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for Most Promising Artist.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

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