The crowd stretched out for several long blocks, and they danced and sang along as Laura belted out her great tune, as well as several others of her past hits. But little did I know that it would be the last time that Laura, who died just weeks later, would sing “Gloria” ever again.” Laura and I had flown from New York to Boston to perform at an annual Italian Street Festival. “The city was Boston”, Bayiokos continued, “and the date was July 16, 2004. “There was an amazing and mostly unreported poetic irony attached to the last time in her life that Laura sang the song “Gloria” and, also attached to the city in which she last performed it, and to a hockey team that used the tune as its inspiration’’. Bayiokos attributes much of his successes to Laura, who he said “was the most inspiring person in the world.” Louis Blues captured that Stanley Cup and continuing to this day. However, there is an eerie and astounding part of the story which has remained almost totally unknown- at least until now.Īnd for learning about it, and possibly making you stay up at night thinking about it, you can thank (or blame) an actor and musician named Tommy Bayiokos, Branigan’s former boyfriend and a drummer in her band. As Bayiokos, 55, explained to me during a recent phone conversation, Actor, model, and drummer Tommy Bayiokos, 55, was a band member of the late great songstress and friend Laura Branigan. That miraculous come from behind saga and the singer and the song that inspired it has been a favorite topic of conversation for sports writers, hockey fans and so many others from so many other walks of life, beginning almost the moment after the St. A statue commemorating Bobby Orr’s famous Stanley Cup goal, as the Bruins play the Blues once again for the 2019 championship. The Blues defeated the Flyers the next night, and from there went on a very unlikely, very long winning streak, which culminated on June 12, 2019, in Boston’s TD Garden, when the once pathetic team defeated the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the championship finals to win the Stanley Cup. If you have a business, consider advertising with us. You can also help by signing up for our featured story emails. We refuse to let Silicon Valley silence us into just another regurgitated, propaganda driven, echo-chamber of the lamestream media but we need your support to fight back. You can help support our mission of truthful reporting by making a contribution. 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.īig Tech is using NewsGuard to limit our reach and censor us. GREAT NECK, NY – 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. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 36 weeks on the chart, setting a new record for a single by a solo female act at the time. Laura Branigan singing “Gloria” from the album ‘Branigan’ (1982). Please see Advertising Disclosure in sidebar. To comply with FTC regulations, all links could lead to commissions paid to the publisher. How To Register and Own Website Addresses (.com. of Las Vegas Announces Acquisition of Realty of Southern Nevada’s Property Management Portfolio Habitat Broward Receives $5,000 State Farm Grant Rick Case Automotive Group Celebrates Epic Milestones, Receives National Recognition Report: Federal Employees Requesting Medical, Religious Vaccination Exemptions Tracked by Federal Agencies
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