The single was co-produced by Barry with the Bee Gees' production team of Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson. A new song, " Emotion", was written for her by Barry and Robin Gibb. She visited Barry Gibb in France whilst the Bee Gees were recording songs for the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. In 1977, she recorded "When Love Is Gone", the theme song for French drama film Bilitis. 1975-1990s: Mainstream success īy 1975, Sang had changed management and signed with Polydor which released three singles and her debut album, Samantha Sang and Rocked the World. Visa restrictions forced her out of the UK and she returned to Australia. ![]() Sang followed with "Nothing in the World Like Love" written by UK pop singer-songwriter Labi Siffre. It was a minor hit in some European countries. Sang's version – with Barry Gibb supplying backing vocals, guitar and producing – was released in August. Gibb co-wrote "Love of a Woman" with his brother Maurice. Under Stigwood's management she changed her name to "Samantha Sang". In 1969, Sang travelled to the United Kingdom where Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees heard her singing and urged his manager, Robert Stigwood, to sign her. She became a singer on Australian television, but she felt her career was limited if she remained in Australia. ![]() Sang released three more singles on HMV but none charted. Teen magazine, Go-Set ran a poll in August for pop performers and Gray was voted third in the 'Top Girl Singer' category behind Lynne Randell and Bev Harrell. Her third single, "You Made Me What I Am", was released in May 1967 and reached number eight on the Go-Set Top 40. It was issued by EMI Records on their HMV label and was quickly followed by her second single, "In a Woman's Eyes". In December 1966, she released her debut single, "The Real Thing" (not to be confused with fellow Australian Russell Morris' 1969 hit song " The Real Thing"), under the name "Cheryl Gray". Sang began her career at the age of eight by singing on Australian radio and entered and won talent contests. ![]() Her father ran a singing school and performed professionally as Reg Gray. Sang was born to Reg and Joan (née Clarke) Sang in Melbourne, Australia, the great-great-granddaughter of a Chinese herbalist and surgeon. The single's parent album, Emotion (1978), reached the top thirty on Billboard 200 and included two other singles. She reconnected with the Bee Gees in 1977 and had an international hit with their song " Emotion", peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, number two in Australia and number eleven in the United Kingdom. She first received nationwide recognition in Australia in 1967, after releasing the top ten single "You Made Me What I Am".īy 1969, Sang relocated to the United Kingdom, where she worked with the Bee Gees, before returning to Australia in 1975. She had an earlier career as a teenage singer under the stage name Cheryl Gray, before adopting the stage name she is more widely known as in 1969. Cheryl Lau Sang (born 5 August 1951), known professionally as Samantha Sang, is an Australian singer.
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