Andrea True
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| Andrea True | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 26, 1943 |
| Genre(s) | Pop, Disco |
| Years active | 1976–1980 |
| Label(s) | Buddah Records |
Andrea True (born July 26, 1943, Nashville, Tennessee) is a former adult film star and a singer during the disco era[1]. She had multiple stage names, including Inger Kissin, Andrea Travis, Catherine Warren, Singh Low, and Singe Low.
She is best known for the disco tune More, More, More, released in 1976 and peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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[edit] Biography
True attended Saint Cecilia Academy, an all-girl Catholic school in Nashville, where she was a boarding student. She graduated in 1961. True moved to New York City as a teenager, to seek fame as a mainstream movie star. While she did manage to get some minor roles in mainstream movies, including The Way We Were, the fame she sought was fleeting. Desperate for work, she decided to pursue a career as a porn star. She appeared in more than 60 hardcore porn films throughout the 1970s and early to mid-'80s and distinguished herself as one of the most recognizable porn stars in the early New York adult-film industry.
During her heyday as a porn actress, True was hired by a real estate business in Jamaica to appear in their commercial ads. During her stay, a political crisis gripped the island and no one was allowed to leave with any money. Not wanting to lose her hard-earned money, True asked her friend, record producer Gregg Diamond to travel to the island and produce a track for her, which she would finance locally. Diamond arrived with a composition in hand, to which True added lyrics. The result of their collaboration was "More, More, More."[2]
Ultimately remixed by producer Tom Moulton, "More, More, More" became a favorite in discos and nightclubs. It ultimately reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and a full album with the same title soon followed. The single also reached the charts in Great Britain (where it peaked at # 5) and Germany (where it peaked at # 9). In early 1977, True released the single "N.Y. You Got Me Dancing" from her follow-up album, White Witch. The single became True's second biggest hit, reaching #27 on Billboard's Pop chart. A year later, in 1978, she had a second hit in Great Britain with "What's Your Name, What's Your Number" taken from her (second) UK album of the same name. The single peaked at #34 in the British charts. In 1980, she released her third and final album, War Machine a more punk rock-oriented album, which went virtually unnoticed.
True briefly returned to porn after the failure of her third album, but soon realized that there were significantly fewer opportunities in the porn industry for a woman in her late 30s. She was unable to return to music because a goitre had developed on her vocal cords that required surgery, which in turn ended her singing ability.[3] Thus, she went on to live a more private life.
In 1999, True received some publicity when the Canadian group Len sampled the instrumental break from "More, More, More" in their own hit single, "Steal My Sunshine." She has since appeared on a number of VH1 specials including Where Are They Now in 1999, VH1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs in 2001 ("More, More, More" was the #45 greatest dance song) and VH1's 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders in 2003, where she said she wants to be remembered as a person who "gave people pleasure" — then made sure to emphasize the words — "with my music." She also made an appearance in the 2005 documentary movie Inside Deep Throat. She is currently living in Florida where she works as an astrologist and as a counselor at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album | Black Albums | Pop Albums |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | More, More, More | #49 | #47 |
| 1977 | White Witch | n/a | n/a |
| 1980 | War Machine (Ricordi International SNIR 25083) | n/a | n/a |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Album | Pop Singles | Black Singles | Club Play Singles | Disco Singles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | "Call Me" | More, More, More | - | - | - | 5 |
| 1976 | "Keep It Up Longer" | More, More, More | - | - | - | 5 |
| 1976 | "More, More, More" (Disco Version) | More, More, More | - | - | 1 | - |
| 1976 | "More, More, More" (Pt. 1) | More, More, More | 4 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| 1976 | "Party Line/Fill Me Up/Call Me" | More, More, More | - | 95 | 9 | - |
| 1976 | "Party Line" | More, More, More | 80 | - | 4 | - |
| 1977 | "N.Y., You Got Me Dancing" | White Witch | 27 | - | 4 | - |
| 1977 | "What's Your Name, What's Your Number" | White Witch | - | - | 9 | - |
| 1978 | "What's Your Name, What's Your Number" | White Witch | 56 | - | - | - |
[edit] Partial filmography
- Meatball (1972) (as Singe Low)
- Hot Channels (1973)
- Devil's Due (1973)
- Madame Zenobia (1973) (as Inger Kissen)
- Deep Throat Part II (1974)
- Illusions of a Lady (1974)
- Lady on the Couch (1974)
- The Chamber Maids (1974)
- The Seduction of Lynn Carter (1974)
- Mash'd (1976)
[edit] References
- ^ Jason Ankeny (2007-07-02). "Biography: Andrea True". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=ANDREA. Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
- ^ Jason Ankeny (2007-07-02). "Biography: Andrea True". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=ANDREA. Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
- ^ [ http://celebrity.elle.com/celebrity-Andrea+True “Andrea True.” Elle.]
