![]() ![]() ![]() The night before a road game against the Philadelphia Flyers, a few of the Blues’ players stopped off at a popular Philadelphia pub called “The Jacks NYB”. The Blues, which had the worst record in the NHL in early January, 2019, had their fortunes change starting late that month. The song was titled “Gloria”, Branigan’s 1982 signature tune, which stayed on the top of the pop charts for 36 weeks and secured her nomination for a coveted Grammy Award. The singer was the late Laura Branigan, the American pop vocalist, songwriter and actress whose award -winning disco style songs played seemingly non-stop over the radio from the early 1980’s into the early 2000’s, and who tragically died in her sleep of a brain aneurysm on August 26, 2004, at the age of 52. ![]() Hockey fans and fans of the underdogs of all sports and other walks of life might well recall the improbable true tale of a singer, her song and a then pathetic hockey team which after adopting the melody as their call to arms went on to win a championship. 2002 Performance at Eisenhower Park, Massapequa ,Long Island attended by an estimated 10,000 fans From left to right: Laura Branigan, drummer red shirted Tommy Bayiokos and Keyboardist Jay Sweeney. ![]()
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