Editing Anne Murray (section)

==Career==
===Early years===
In 1965, Murray appeared on the [[University of New Brunswick]] student project record "The Groove" (500 pressed). She sang two songs on the record – "[[Unchained Melody]]" and "Little Bit of Soap". On the label, her name was misspelled "Anne Murry".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chsrfm.ca/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1238617041&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&|title=CHSR 97.9 FM... 49 years of service|access-date=February 6, 2010|publisher=CHSRfm.ca}}</ref> While there, she was encouraged to audition for the 1960s [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] musical variety television show ''[[Singalong Jubilee]]'', but was not offered a singing position.

After a summer of singing in local venues across the Maritimes, Murray began teaching physical education at the high school in [[Summerside, Prince Edward Island]]. After one year of teaching, she was cast for ''Singalong Jubilee''. As a regular member of the "Singalong Jubilee" cast, Murray appeared on the ''Singalong Jubilee Vol. III'' soundtrack and ''Our Family Album – The Singalong Jubilee Cast'' records released by Arc Records. The show's musical director, [[Brian Ahern (producer)|Brian Ahern]], advised Murray that she should move to Toronto and record a solo album. Her first album, ''[[What About Me (Anne Murray song)|What About Me]]'', was produced by Ahern in Toronto and released in 1968 on the Arc label.

===Chart success, 1970s–1980s===
[[File:Anne Murray in November 1970 (close crop).png|thumb|Murray in 1970]]
"[[What About Me (Anne Murray song)|What About Me]]," the lead single and title cut on Murray's debut album, was written by [[Scott McKenzie]] and was a sizable Canadian radio hit. The project covered songs by [[Joni Mitchell]], [[Ken Tobias]], and [[John Denver]]. After a year-long stint on Arc, Murray switched to Capitol Records in 1969 to record her second album, ''[[This Way Is My Way]]'', which was released that fall. It featured the single that launched her career, "[[Snowbird (song)|Snowbird]]", which became a No.&nbsp;1 hit in Canada. "Snowbird" became a surprise hit on the U.S. charts as well, reaching No.&nbsp;8 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in 1970. It was also the first of her eight No.&nbsp;1 Adult Contemporary hits. "Snowbird" was the first Gold record ever given to a Canadian artist in the United States (RIAA certified Gold on November 16, 1970).<ref name="goldandplatinum" /><ref name="Inc.1970">{{cite magazine|title=Snowbird Gold a Canada First|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tCkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT84|date=November 21, 1970|pages=84–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> As one of the most successful female artists at that time, she became in demand for several television appearances in Canada and the United States, eventually becoming a regular on the hit U.S. television series ''[[The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour]]''.

After the success of "Snowbird", Murray had a number of subsequent singles that charted both pop and country simultaneously. During the 1970s and 1980s, her hits included [[Kenny Loggins]]'s "[[Danny's Song]]" (1972) (peaked at No.&nbsp;7 on the Hot 100), "[[A Love Song (Loggins and Messina song)|A Love Song]]" (1973), "[[He Thinks I Still Care]]", [[The Beatles]]' "[[You Won't See Me]]" (1974); her all-time biggest Hot 100 hit "[[You Needed Me]]" (1978), "[[I Just Fall in Love Again]]", "[[Shadows in the Moonlight (song)|Shadows in the Moonlight]]", "[[Broken Hearted Me]]" (1979), "[[I'm Happy Just to Dance With You]]" (1980), which hit No. 64 on the Hot 100 and #23 on the Country chart, [[The Monkees]]' 1967 No.&nbsp;1 hit "[[Daydream Believer]]", "[[Could I Have This Dance]]" from the ''[[Urban Cowboy]]'' motion picture soundtrack (1980), "[[Blessed Are the Believers]]" (1981), "[[Another Sleepless Night (Anne Murray song)|Another Sleepless Night]]" (1982), "[[A Little Good News (song)|A Little Good News]]" (1983), "[[Just Another Woman in Love]]", "[[Nobody Loves Me Like You Do]]", and "Time, Don't Run Out on Me" (1985).

She performed "[[O Canada]]" at the first [[American League]] baseball game played in Canada on April 7, 1977, when the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] played the [[Chicago White Sox]] at [[Exhibition Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/sports/baseball/major-league-baseball-comes-to-canada/major-league-baseball-blue-jays-or-snow-birds.html|title=On This Day – April 7, 1977 – CBC Archives|access-date=February 7, 2010|publisher=Archives.CBC.ca}}</ref> She reprised the Canadian national anthem prior to the first World Series game held in Canada, Game 3 of the [[1992 World Series]] at the [[SkyDome]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/features/1998/wsarchive/1992.html |title=CNN/SI – 1998 MLB Postseason – 1992 World Series |access-date=February 6, 2010 |publisher=Sports Illustrated |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203172752/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/features/1998/wsarchive/1992.html |archive-date=December 3, 2007 }}</ref> Following the last game at [[Maple Leaf Gardens]], she concluded the arena's closing ceremony by singing "[[The Maple Leaf Forever]]" at centre ice wearing a [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] jersey.

Murray was a celebrity corporate spokeswoman for [[Hudson's Bay (retailer)|The Bay]], and she also did commercials and sang the company jingle ("You Can Count on the Commerce") for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce ([[Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce|CIBC]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-imperial-bank-of-commerce|title=Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce|access-date=August 17, 2019|publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref>

Murray's last Hot 100 hit was "[[Now and Forever (You and Me)]]" from 1986; it was also her last No.&nbsp;1 on both the American and Canadian country charts.

===1990s–2000s===
Murray's last charting single in the U.S. was 1991's "Everyday", which appeared on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Country Singles chart. In 1996, Murray signed on with a new manager, [[Bruce Allen (manager)|Bruce Allen]]. She recorded her first [[live album]] in 1997, and in 1999, she released ''[[What a Wonderful World (Anne Murray album)|What a Wonderful World]]'', a platinum inspirational album,<ref name="goldandplatinum" /> which went to No.&nbsp;1 Contemporary Christian, No.&nbsp;4 Country and No.&nbsp;38 pop. Murray's last charting single in Canada was the title track "[[What a Wonderful World]]" in 2000.

Murray was briefly mentioned in the Oscar-nominated satirical song "[[Blame Canada]]," which appeared in the 1999 film ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut]]''. Although the tune contained the line "With all their hockey hullabaloo/And that bitch Anne Murray, too", the singer indicated that she was not offended by the song (although she did turn down a chance to sing it at the [[72nd Academy Awards|Oscars telecast]] that year, pleading a prior commitment).

She released ''[[Country Croonin']]'' in 2002, the follow-up to her successful 1993 album, ''[[Croonin']]''. In 2004, she released ''[[I'll Be Seeing You (Anne Murray album)|I'll Be Seeing You]]'' in Canada only, which features a collection of songs from the early 20th century to the mid-1940s. The 2005 American version, titled ''[[All of Me (Anne Murray album)|All of Me]]'', features a bonus disc containing many of her hit singles. The album is dedicated to her friend Cynthia McReynolds who died of cancer.<ref name="allofme" />

On December 26, 2004, Murray joined other Canadian music stars in the Canada for Asia Telethon, a three-hour, tsunami relief concert broadcast on CBC Television (January 13, 2005) to support [[CARE Canada]]'s efforts. [[Bryan Adams]] and Murray closed the show with a duet, "What Would It Take".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/arts-entertainment/music/banding-together-singing-out-for-disaster-relief/from-concept-to-concert-in-a-week.html| title=The National – Tsunami in Asia inspires musicians to help – CBC Archives|access-date=February 7, 2010|publisher=Archives.CBC.ca}}</ref>

On October 10, 2007, Murray announced that she would embark on her final major tour. She toured in February and March 2008 in the U.S. on the "Coast-to-Coast – One Last Time" tour followed by a run in April and May in Canada.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20071010/ca_pr_on_en/music_anne_murray_3|title=Songbird Anne Murray entertains media at suburban home for preview of duets disc|work=[[Yahoo! News]]|agency=[[The Canadian Press]]|access-date=October 5, 2019}}{{dead link|date=March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soundchronicle.com/concert-news/anne-murray-announced-north-american-2008-tour-dates|title=Anne Murray Announced North American 2008 Tour Dates – SoundChronicle|access-date=February 6, 2010|website=SoundChronicle.com}}</ref> Murray's final public concert was held at the [[Sony Centre for the Performing Arts|Sony Centre]] in Toronto on May 23, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/M/Murray_Anne/ConcertReviews/2008/04/26/5394881-sun.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710170753/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/M/Murray_Anne/ConcertReviews/2008/04/26/5394881-sun.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 10, 2012|title=CANOE – JAM! Music – Anne Murray – Concert Review – Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto – April 25, 2008|access-date=February 6, 2010|publisher=Jam.Canoe.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/Anne+Murray+tells+story/2205684/story.html |title=Anne Murray tells her story |access-date=February 6, 2010 |website=EdmontonJournal.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091112140942/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/Anne%2BMurray%2Btells%2Bstory/2205684/story.html |archive-date=November 12, 2009 }}</ref>

The studio album ''[[Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends]]'' was released in November 2007 in Canada and January 2008 in the U.S. The album comprised 17 tracks that included many of Murray's biggest hits over her four-decade career, re-recorded as duets with other established, rising, and – in one case – deceased female singers. These artists included [[Céline Dion]], [[Shania Twain]], [[k.d. lang]], [[Nelly Furtado]], [[Jann Arden]], [[Quebec|Québec]]'s [[Isabelle Boulay]], Murray's daughter [[Dawn Langstroth]], [[Olivia Newton-John]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Martina McBride]], [[Shelby Lynne]], [[Amy Grant]], [[Carole King]], the [[Indigo Girls]], Irish sextet [[Celtic Woman]], [[Dusty Springfield]], and [[Sarah Brightman]]. The duet with soprano Brightman was of her 1970 hit song, "Snowbird".

''Anne Murray Duets: Friends and Legends'' was recorded in four cities – Toronto, Nashville, New York, and Los Angeles. According to ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine, the album reached No.&nbsp;2 on the Canadian pop album charts and was certified Double Platinum in Canada after merely two months, representing sales of over 200,000 units. The album was the second-highest debuting CD on the ''Billboard'' Top 200 albums chart for the week ending February 2, 2008. It entered the chart at No.&nbsp;42, making it her highest-charting U.S. CD release since 1999's ''What a Wonderful World'', which peaked at No.&nbsp;38 on the Top 200 and was certified Platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA).<ref name="goldandplatinum" /> Also for the week ending February 2, 2008, the CD debuted at No.&nbsp;8 on ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]''{{'}}s Top Country Albums chart and at No.&nbsp;3 on its Top Internet Albums chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allbutforgottenoldies.net/announcements/2008/01/25/anne-murray-duets-friends-and-legends.html|title=Jan. 25, 2008 – Anne Murray Duets – Friends And Legends – Debuts No.&nbsp;3 on Internet/#8 Country/#42 on Top 200|access-date=February 6, 2010|publisher=AllButForgottenOldies.net}}</ref> Murray was nominated for the 2008 [[Juno Award]] for [[Juno Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year|Pop Album of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.francomix.com/breve-2008_Juno_Award_Nominees-470.html|title=2008 Juno Award Nominees – Francomix|access-date=February 6, 2010|publisher=FrancoMix.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/anne-murray-fears-extra-nominee-could-nab-juno-1.745583 |title=CBC News – Music – Anne Murray fears extra nominee could nab Juno |access-date=February 6, 2010 |publisher=CBC.ca |date=March 19, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624205556/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2008/03/19/annemurray.html |archive-date=June 24, 2008 }}</ref>
[[File:Olympic flag carried into BC Place at 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Murray (third from left) was one of 8 notable Canadians to carry the Olympic Flag at the 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremony]]
Murray's album ''What a Wonderful World'' was re-released in July 2008 in North America as a 14-song package. A new Christmas album, titled ''[[Anne Murray's Christmas Album]]'' with bonus DVD was released in October 2008. Sony BMG Music also released an [[Elvis Presley]] Christmas album, titled ''[[Christmas Duets]]'' on October 14, 2008, featuring a virtual duet of "Silver Bells" with Murray.<ref name="allofme">{{cite book|author1=Posner, Michael I. |author2=Murray, Anne |title= All of Me|publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf|Knopf Canada]]|location=Toronto|year=2009|isbn=978-0-307-39844-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dIxVamRWMkcC |access-date=February 8, 2010}}</ref>{{page needed|date=February 2014}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emediaworld.com/press_release/release_detail.php?id=120591|title=Sony BMG Music Entertainment Announces the Release of 'Elvis Presley Christmas Duets' CD|access-date=February 7, 2010|website=eMediaWorld.com|archive-date=October 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005013153/http://www.emediaworld.com/press_release/release_detail.php?id=120591|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Murray retired from both recording and performing after the issue of her final Christmas album in 2008, later explaining, "I did it for 40 years and that's long enough to do anything...I wanted to go out still singing well, and not having to make excuses."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Warner|first=Andrea|date=June 20, 2017|title=Anne Murray: 40 years of hustle and the making of a Canadian icon|url=https://www.cbc.ca/music/read/anne-murray-40-years-of-hustle-and-the-making-of-a-canadian-icon-1.5008385|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310131033/https://www.cbc.ca/music/read/anne-murray-40-years-of-hustle-and-the-making-of-a-canadian-icon-1.5008385|archive-date=March 10, 2021|access-date=June 20, 2021|website=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]}}</ref>  Despite continuing offers to take part in live concert appearances, duets and other recording activities, Murray has remained firmly retired since then, and insists she hasn't second-guessed the decision for a moment:  "I was one of those who couldn't. I have too much trouble settling for less."<ref name="ctvnews.ca">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/anne-murray-says-over-10-years-into-retirement-her-voice-is-still-intact-1.5202010|title = Anne Murray says over 10 years into retirement her voice is still intact|date = November 24, 2020}}</ref>

===Television===
Murray has had five highly rated U.S. specials on CBS (over 40 million viewers each) and several Canadian specials on [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] including ''Anne Murray in Nova Scotia'', ''Intimate Evening with Anne Murray'', ''Anne Murray RSVP'', ''A Special Anne Murray Christmas'', ''Legends & Friends'', ''Greatest Hits II'', ''What a Wonderful World'', ''Ladies Night Show'', ''Anne Murray in Walt Disney World'' and ''Anne Murray's Classic Christmas''. Her 2008 television special, ''Family Christmas'', garnered a 43 per cent share on CBC with 4.2 million viewers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2008/29/c9291.html|title=CTV INC. – So You Think You Can Dance Canada's Top 20 Revealed on CTV, Oct. 1|access-date=February 6, 2010|publisher=NewsWire.ca}}</ref>

She has appeared on ''[[The Johnny Cash Show]]'', ''[[The Bobby Vinton Show]]'', ''[[Solid Gold (TV series)|Solid Gold]]'', ''[[Sesame Street]]'', ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[The Midnight Special (TV series)|The Midnight Special]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'', ''Dean Martin Summer Show'', ''Singalong Jubilee'', ''Dinah!'', ''The Today Show'', ''[[Dolly!]]'', ''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]'', ''Christmas in Washington'', ''Boston Pops'', ''The Helen Reddy Show'', ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', ''[[20/20 (U.S. TV series)|20/20]]'', [[CNN]], ''Perry Como's Christmas in New Mexico'', ''[[The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour]]'', ''Night of a 100 Stars'', ''[[Live with Regis and Kathie Lee]]'', ''[[The Pat Sajak Show]]'', ''Royal Canadian Air Farce'' and ''Good Morning America''.{{cn|date=April 2025}} 

Her 2005 CBC special ''Anne Murray: The Music of My Life'' broke ratings records for a Thursday night, with more than 7 million Canadian viewers tuned in. She also appeared on ABC-TV's ''[[American Bandstand]]'', and on regional US dance/variety programs.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

On August 25, 2008, Murray appeared on the TV program ''[[Canadian Idol#Season 6|Canadian Idol]]'' as a mentor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080729/CI6_Anne_Murray_announced_080729/20080815?s_name=idol2008&no_ads= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224225959/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080729/CI6_Anne_Murray_announced_080729/20080815?s_name=idol2008&no_ads= |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 24, 2008 |title=CTV.ca – Anne Murray to Guest Mentor and perform on Canadian Idol |access-date=February 6, 2010 |publisher=CTV.ca }}</ref>

''[[Anne Murray: Full Circle]]'', a documentary film by Adrian Buitenhuis and Morgan Elliott, was broadcast by [[CBC Television]] in 2021.<ref>Brad Wheeler, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/article-anne-murray-full-circle-is-a-gentler-trip-down-memory-lane/ "Anne Murray: Full Circle is a gentler trip down memory lane"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', December 16, 2021.</ref>