Beverly Bremers
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Beverly Bremers is an American singer and actress. After roles on Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

, Bremers released a successful 1972 album, I'll Make You Music, containing the hit single "Don't Say You Don't Remember." She also recorded under the name of Beverly Ann.

Biography

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Bremers appeared in theatre, including the original Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

 productions of Hair
Hair (musical)
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement...

as Sheila and Crissy and The Me Nobody Knows
The Me Nobody Knows
The Me Nobody Knows is a musical with music by Gary William Friedman and lyrics by Will Holt. It debuted off-Broadway in 1970 and then transferred to Broadway. It received the Obie Award and a Tony Award nomination for Best Musical...

(winning an Obie Award
Obie Award
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, and in The Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Show is a long-running British horror comedy stage musical, which opened in London on 19 June 1973. It was written by Richard O'Brien, produced and directed by Jim Sharman. It came eighth in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the "Nation's Number One Essential Musicals"...

and "Menopause The Musical
Menopause the Musical
Menopause, The Musical debuted March 28, 2001 in Orlando, Florida, in a 76-seat theatre that once housed a perfume shop. The original cast members were Shelly Browne as the Power Woman, Patti McGuire as the Iowa Housewife, Pammie O'Bannon as the Earth Mother and Wesley Williams as the Soap Star...

" in Los Angeles
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. She has also performed extensively in clubs and concerts in the U.S., in television commercials, radio, films and games, often as a voice actor. She wrote the song, "Mousercise
Mousercise
Mousercise is the title of several Disney productions:* A 1982 exercise album for children released by Disneyland Records, featuring various Disney songs....

" for Disney, which received a platinum record and became the theme for the show of the same name on the Disney Channel and is used in other Disney products. Her songs that have charted in the U.S. and Europe include "Morning Music" and the theme from the film Hopscotch
Hopscotch (film)
Hopscotch is a 1980 American film directed by Ronald Neame and produced by Otto Plaschkes. It was written by Bryan Forbes and Brian Garfield, based on his novel of the same name....

. She has also written music and lyrics for the stage musicals produced in Los Angeles and San Diego.

In 1972, Bremers released her album, I'll Make You Music, on Scepter Records
Scepter Records
Scepter Records is a record company founded in 1959 by Florence Greenberg. She had just sold Tiara Records with The Shirelles for $4000 to Decca Records. When The Shirelles didn't produce any hits for Decca, they were given back to Greenberg, who promptly signed them. By 1961 Greenberg launched a...

, which reached #124 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

. The album spawned three hit singles, the most popular being "Don't Say You Don't Remember", which reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 and #5 AC. She later became a vocal coach
Vocal coach
A vocal coach is a music teacher who instructs singers on how to improve their singing technique, take care of and develop their voice, and prepare for the performance of a song or other work. Vocal coaches may give private music lessons to singers, or they may coach singers who are rehearsing on...

 in Southern California. "Don't Say You Don't Remember" was included on the Have a Nice Decade box set. In 2005, she released a new album, Don't Say You Don't Remember Beverly Bremers, which included a re-recording of "Don't Say You Don't Remember" and new material.

Singles

  • "Don't Say You Don't Remember" (1972) U.S. #15, U.S. AC #5
  • "We're Free" (1972) U.S. #40
  • "I'll Make You Music" (1972) U.S. #63

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