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Gloria Loring
Age: 62
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Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA
Born: Dec. 10th, 1946
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BIOGRAPHY: A consummate singer and entertainer, Gloria Loring is the recording artist of the #1 hit song "Friends and Lovers", co-composer of television theme songs for "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978) and "The Facts of Life" (1979), an audience favorite from daytime TV's "Days of Our Lives" (1965), spokesperson for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, author of four books, inspirational speaker and one of the few artists to sing two nominated songs at the Academy Awards. Her energy, commitment and joy are absolutely contagious.
With nine albums to her credit, Loring has performed in concert all over North America, Europe and Australia. Her performances prompted great reviews from critics. She has shared the stage with George Carlin, Billy Crystal, Bill Cosby and Al Jarreau. She's starred in musicals, movies of the week and television specials, and has hosted television shows and live events.
Her two new musical shows draw from her own life, with themes that come from her heart and experience. One of her performance vehicles, "From There To Here", is inspired by the music of her family; a hybrid of the classic rock she grew up with, combined with the big-band swing of her parents, meshed with some sexy R&B inspired by her Grammy-nominated son, Robin Thicke.
With the same bravado that rap stars, dance contestants and American Idols battle for musical supremacy, Gloria Loring's "Stomping at the Savoy" serves up the flavor and fervor of the most magical night in big band swing: the night that Benny Goodman (I)'s band first played Carnegie Hall, while in Harlem, Count Basie and Chick Webb squared off in the ultimate battle of the bands, fronted by vocal greats Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday.
On the lecture circuit, she presents a unique musical-motivational seminar: "Turn the Page". Combining biographical anecdotes and personal growth insight with her original music specifically written for the self-improvement genre, Gloria speaks from a diverse menu of topics and programs, ranging from health and business to entertainment and spirituality.
Gloria is known as a fierce advocate for those living with chronic illness and as an articulate champion of bio-medical research. When her son was diagnosed with diabetes at age four, she created and self-published two volumes of the "Days Of Our Lives" cookbook. Those books, along with her recording "A Shot in the Dark", raised more than $1 million for diabetes research.
She followed that success with two commercially published books, "Kids, Food and Diabetes" and "Parenting a Child with Diabetes". Her newest book about Type 2 diabetes, written with Dr. Timothy Gray, is scheduled for release in the spring of 2006.
Honored with the Lifetime Commitment Award from JDRF and the 1999 Woman of Achievement Award from the Miss America Organization, Loring is listed in the World Who's Who of Women and Who's Who in America. In her community, Gloria devotes her time and experience as President of the Lake Arrowhead Foundation for the Creative and Performing Arts. She is married to Emmy Award-winning art director and production designer Rene Lagler and lives in Southern California.
TRIVIA:
- Mother-in-law of 'Paula Patton' (qv).
- Member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority when she was in college.
- Mother of 'Brennan Thicke' (qv) and 'Robin Thicke' (qv).
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