Maureen McGovern
McGovern was born in Youngstown, Ohio to Mary Rita Welsh and James Terrence… Read Full Bio ↴McGovern was born in Youngstown, Ohio to Mary Rita Welsh and James Terrence McGovern.[1] She has Irish ancestry.[2] As a child, McGovern would listen to her father's barbershop quartet rehearse in their home. She was told by her elders that she began singing at the tender age of three, and would sometimes sing herself to sleep with things she heard on the radio. She decided at age eight that she wanted to be a professional singer; and she developed a taste for various types of music, including jazz, showtunes, oldies, and folk. Her influences include Barbra Streisand and Dionne Warwick.

After graduating from high school in 1967, she worked as a secretary and performed part-time as a singer for a local folk band called Sweet Rain. Her singing caught the attention of Russ Regan (then head of 20th Century Records) in 1972 when he heard a demo she had recorded. At the time, Regan was searching for a singer to record "The Morning After" (the theme from The Poseidon Adventure) for release as a record. He hired McGovern sight unseen to record the song, which led to her signing with 20th Century Records. After it won an Oscar for Best Original Song, "The Morning After" quickly climbed the pop charts, reaching #1 in 1973.

In 1974, she recorded two movie themes: "We May Never Love Like This Again" (from the disaster film The Towering Inferno, in which she made a short appearance when she is seen singing the song as the evening's entertainment) and "Wherever Love Takes Me" (from the British disaster film Gold). The former won an Oscar (though it was only a minor pop hit), and the latter received an Oscar nomination. These two songs (along with "The Morning After") led the media to call McGovern "the Disaster Theme Queen."

McGovern's contract with 20th Century ended in 1976. By this time, her career went downhill and she ended up broke, due to being cheated out of her earnings by her managers and producers. To begin her life over again, she moved to Marina del Rey and took a secretarial job under an assumed name. However, she was still in demand occasionally for international live concerts. Her career made a turn for the better when she was asked to record a version of "Can You Read My Mind," the love theme from 1978's Superman, which was not recorded for the film. The single achieved minor success on the Pop charts. Toward the end of the decade, she recorded "Different Worlds," the theme from a short-lived TV sitcom entitled Angie. The song was her only other Top 40 single aside from "The Morning After," reaching #18 on the Pop charts in 1979 and also spending two weeks at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In 1980, she made a cameo appearance as the singing nun, Sister Angelina, in the comedy-disaster movie Airplane!.

At the beginning of the 1980s, McGovern gave up movie themes to begin a career on Broadway, despite having no acting experience. In 1981, she made her Broadway debut as Mabel in a revival of Gilbert & Sullivan's musical The Pirates of Penzance. She then performed in two productions with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera: The Sound of Music (1981; as Maria) and South Pacific (1982; as Nellie Forbush). She continued her theatrical career throughout the eighties and originated the role of Mary in the Off-Broadway production of Brownstone in 1985.

In 2005, McGovern returned to the Broadway stage as Marmee opposite Sutton Foster's Jo in the musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Plagued by negative reviews, it quickly closed, but McGovern reprised her role for the successful subsequent national tour.

She slowly returned to music in the mid-eighties, contributing songs to musical soundtracks and recording for various-artist compilations. She also returned to touring and performing in concerts and began establishing herself as a classy, jazzy nightclub and cabaret performer. Starting in 1987, she released three albums for CBS in three years - Another Woman in Love (a voice/piano album), State of the Heart (a fully orchestrated album), and Naughty Baby (a live album).

In 1989, she performed her debut concert in Carnegie Hall, singing a collection of songs by George Gershwin. The concert was recorded live and released that year as an album entitled Naughty Baby; it features a very first recording of a lost Gershwin song "A Corner of Heaven With You" (written ca. 1917).

From the nineties into the 21st century, McGovern continued her careers in musical theatre, performing in concerts, and recording albums, and she occasionally made guest appearances on television. Other recordings include Baby I'm Yours (1992), a collection of her favorite songs from 1955 to 1970, and Out of This World (1996), a collection of songs by Harold Arlen. She was twice nominated for a Grammy, for her albums The Music Never Ends (1997), a collection of songs by Alan & Marilyn Bergman, and The Pleasure of His Company (1998), another voice/piano album.

In 2003, Out of This World and The Music Never Ends were rereleased by Fynsworth Alley Records; both albums included bonus tracks, the former two, and the latter three.
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Maureen McGovern Lyrics


'S Wonderful We are not in a position to d'S wonderful, 's…
A Corner of Heaven with You In a cozy, little four-by-two With an angel half as sweet…
All The Way When somebody loves you, It's no good unless he loves you …
And This I Find Is Beautiful I believe that every thought That anyone has ever thought …
Angel On My Shoulder Got an angel on my shoulder Got a penny in my…
Another Woman In Love Looking back on rainy days How I'd hate those rainy days Sta…
Anyone Who Had A Heart Anyone who ever loved could look at me And know that…
Are You There Long ago and far away, I dreamed a dream one day And…
Baby I'm Yours Baby, I'm yours And I'll be yours until the stars fall…
Bedtime Story Love can be so hard to find Dreams are never free Time…
Beginner's Luck At any gambling casino From Monte Carlo to Reno They tell y…
Blue On Blue I walk along the streets we used to walk Two by…
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Can Feeling the way I do, I'd like to say, "I do!" Heaving…
Can You Read My Mind Can you read my mind? Do you know what it is…
Can You Read My Mind ? Can you read my mind? Do you know what it is…
Can't Take My Eyes Off You You're just too good to be true I can't take my…
Can't You Hear The Song Everybody knows, everybody knows The many times you've been …
Carolina Moon Carolina moon, keep shinin', Shinin' for the one who waits f…
Clap Yo' Hands Clap-a yo' hands, slap-a yo' thigh Hallelujah, hallelujah …
Confession I never kissed a man before Oh, isn't that a shame? I…
Corner Of Heaven We are not in a position to display these lyrics…
Darlene She comes home from work every night, Sits in her apartment…
Different Worlds [Chorus:] Let the time flow Let the love grow Let the rain …
Don't Try To Close A Rose They say that everything you do Turns out all wrong And that…
Embraceable You Dozens of girls would storm up I had to lock my…
Everybody Wants To Call You Sweetheart Everybody wants to get your number down Everybody wants you …
Fascinating Rhythm Fascinating rhythm You've got me on the go Fascinating rhy…
For All We Know Love, look at the two of us Strangers in many ways We've…
Give Me A Reason To Be Gone I don't know what you want from me, baby, But I've…
Gonna Get Along Without You Now Got along without you before I met you Gonna get along…
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be lig…
He's a Rebel See the way he walks down the street Watch the way…
Here Alone My dear husband (sung) Write a letter, be inventive Tell you…
Here You Come Again Here you come again, just when I've begun to get myself…
How Are Things In Glocca Morra I hear a bird, Londonderry bird, It well may be he's…
How Long Has This Been Going On As a tot, when I trotted in little velvet panties, I…
I Could Have Been A Sailor I'm a happy woman I made my choice in life I chose…
I Got Rhythm I got rhythm I got music I got my man Who could ask…
I Like You You're Nice I like you, you're nice Seems like I've known you for…
I Remember I remember sky It was blue as ink Or at least, I…
I Will Who knows how long I've loved you? You know, I love…
I Won't Last A Day Without You Day after day I must face a world of strangers Where…
I Wonder As I Wander And when I think of how We might turn out to…
I'll Never Say Goodbye Say goodbye Why, I can barley say goodbye If I can hardly…
I'm Happy Just to Dance with You I don't wanna kiss or hold your hand If it's funny,…
If I Wrote You A Song What if I wrote you a song, Some music from me…
In Too Deep The night bird is dyin' and baby, there's no denyin' Too…
It Might As Well Stay Monday Here it is again, Monday mornin' And I've really got the…
It Might Be You Time, I've been passing time Watching trains go by. All of…
It's All In The Game Remember this when love's concerned: At times, you'll think …
Let It Be When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary…
Like A Lover Like a lover, the morning sun Slowly rises and kisses you…
Like A Sunday Morning You're just like a Sunday morning Quiet and warm and moving…
Little Black Rain Cloud I'm just a little black rain cloud Hovering under your hone…
Little Boy Lost Little boy lost in search of little boy found You go…
little boys & men Little boy lost in search of little boy found You go…
Little Jazz Bird Into a cabaret One fatal day A little songbird flew Found it…
Long Ago And Far Away/All The Things You Are Long ago and far away, I dreamed a dream one day And…
Love Is Here to Stay The more I read the papers, The less I comprehend The world…
Love Walked In Love walked right in and drove the shadows away Love walked…
Lullaby Of Broadway Come on along and listen to The lullaby of Broadway The hi…
Make Me Rainbows Make me rainbows Make me Spring in the snow Make me beauti…
Make the Man Love Me I must try to make the man love me Make the…
midnight storm There are flowers and fables And old town picnic tables And …
Morning After There's got to be a morning after If we can hold…
Naughty Baby We are not in a position to display these lyrics…
Nice To Be Around Hello, such a simple way to start a love affair Should…
Night Flight We spend our nights traveling But never leave the room Soari…
Of Thee I Sing The more I read the papers, The less I comprehend The world…
On My Way To You So often as I wait for sleep I find myself reciting The…
Ordinary Miracles Change can come on tiptoe Love is where it starts …
Put A Little Love Away He asked a question, you had no answer The music finds…
Rainy Days Looking back on rainy days How I'd hate those rainy days Sta…
Right As The Rain Right as the rain That falls from above So real, so right Is…
S' Wonderful We are not in a position to d'S wonderful, 's…
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town I just came back from a lovely trip along the…
Sincerely Sincerely, oh yes, sincerely 'Cause I love you so dearly Ple…
Some Other Time Where has the time all gone to Haven't done half the…
Somebody Love Me When I said I needed you You said you would always…
Something I Thought I'd Never Do Too many times, I've sat across a table Lending a sympatheti…
Sometime Soon When I'm with you, I need nothing more Night's an open doo…
State Of The Heart I tell myself I'm not looking for love I tell myself…
Stiff Upper Lip What made good queen Bess Such a great success? What made …
Strike Up The Band Let the drums roll out Let the trumpets call While the peopl…
Summertime Summertime and the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' and the…
Swingin' On a Star Would you like to swing on a star, Carry moonbeams home…
Thanks For The Memory Thanks for the memory (fade in) Of candlelight and wine, c…
The Christmas Song Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at yo…
The Continental Beautiful music Dangerous rhythm It's something daring, …
The Island Make believe we've landed On a desert Island Bathe me in t…
The Long and Winding Road The long and winding road That leads to your door Will never…
The Man I Love Someday, he'll come along, the man I love And he'll be…
The Morning After There's got to be a morning after If we can hold…
The Poseidon Adventure There's got to be a morning after If we can…
The Same Moon Soon, the city will awaken, And I haven't slept at all Just…
The Summer Knows The Summer smiles, The Summer knows, And unashamed she sheds…
The Way We Were/Where Do You Start Can... it be that it was all so simple then…
The Windmills Of Your Mind Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel…
They All Laughed They all laughed at Christopher Columbus When he said the wo…
They Can't Take That Away From Me The way you wear your hat The way you sip your…
Things Are Looking Up Things are looking up I've been looking the landscape over …
Things We Said Today / For No One You say you will love me If I have to go You'll…
Until It's Time For You To Go You're not a dream, you're not an angel You're a man I'm…
Very Special Love Babe, somewhere I know I'm gonna find it, babe. It'll have…
We May Never Love Like This Again We may never love like this again Don't stop the flow We…
When You Wish Upon a Star/Over the Rainbow When a star is born, They possess a gift or two One…
Why Can't I Feeling the way I do, I'd like to say, "I do!" Heaving…
Why Can't I Forget I have the world's worst memory Many times a day, I…
Why Can't I? Feeling the way I do, I'd like to say, "I do!" Heaving…
Yes I'm Ready (Are you ready?) (Are you ready?) I don't even know…
You Belong To Me When I said I needed you You said you would always…
You Can Close Your Eyes Well the sun is surely sinking down But the moon is…
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me When I said I needed you You said you would always…
You Must Believe In Spring When lonely feelings chill The meadows of your mind, Just th…
You'll Never Know You'll never know just how much I miss you You'll never…
You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me Every kiss, every hug, seems to act just like a…


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