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Marcia Hines, AM
(Member of the Order of Australia)
Marcia Hines was born 20 July 1953 in Boston
Massachusetts, USA. She is a vocalist, actress and TV
personality who achieved success in her adopted homeland
of Australia. She debuted, at the age of sixteen, in the
Australian version of the stage musical, Hair and
followed with the role of Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ
Superstar. She achieved her greatest commercial
successes as a recording artist during the late 1970s
with several hit singles, including cover versions of
"Fire and Rain", "I Just Don't Know What to Do with
Myself", "You" and "Something's Missing"; and her Top
Ten albums Marcia Shines, Shining and Ladies and
Gentlemen. Hines was voted 'Queen of Pop' for three
consecutive years from 1976.
Hines stopped recording in the early 1980s and then
returned with Right Here and Now in 1994, the
same year she became an Australian citizen. She was the
subject of the 2001 biography Diva: the life of
Marcia Hines that coincided with the release of the
album, Diva. Since 2003 she has been a judge on
Australian Idol, and her elevated profile led to a
renewed interest in her as a performer. Her 2006 album,
Discotheque peaked at #6 on the Australian Recording
Industry Association (ARIA) albums chart.
Hines is the mother of singer Deni Hines, with whom she
performed on the duet single "Stomp" (2006). Hines lives
near Newcastle, New South Wales with Christopher
Morrissey, her husband since 2005. Her status in the
Australian music industry was recognised when she was
inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame on 18 July 2007.
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