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I don't have any more albums by "N" artists, so today's CoronaVinyl category is "O," and one of the albums I acquired from my neighbor was Jane Olivor's third studio album, 1978's Stay the Night.
Olivor was a singer who got her start singing in cabarets and gay nightclubs in New York in the early to mid '70s. Stay the Night is a collection of syrupy pop ballads. It's not really my cup of tea, in that it's not a strong English or Irish breakfast tea with cream and sugar. Her cover of The Chifons' "He's So Fine" from the album went to #77 on the Billboard Hot 100 (her highest-charting single), and the album itself went to #108 on the Billboard album chart.
The same year, her duet with Johnny Mathis, "The Last Time I Felt Like This," from the film Same Time, Next Year was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe. She released another couple albums over the next few years, but then took a step back from music, both because of issue with stage fright and then to care for her husband, who had been diagnosed with cancer. She got back into recording in the mid '90s and released a few more albums over the following decade.
Favorite Song on Side 1: "Can't Leave You 'Cause I Love You"
The first side ends with a power ballad, with Olivor passionately belting out the choruses.
Favorite Song on Side 2: "Let's Make Some Memories"
The second side kicks off with an upbeat pop song that could easily be the theme song to a late '70s sitcom about a young married couple just looking to make it in this crazy world.
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