Andrea True

Andrea Marie Truden (July 26, 1943 – November 7, 2011), In addition to her given name, she had multiple stage names, including Inger Kissin, Singe Low, Sandra Lips, Andrea Travis, and Catherine Warren. As a singer, she is best known for the 1976 disco hit "More, More, More" (performed as part of her recording project the Andrea True Connection), which peaked at no. 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and no. 5 on the UK singles chart.

Early life

Andrea Marie Truden was born in Nashville, Tennessee, where she attended St. Cecilia Academy, a Catholic school for girls dedicated to the performing arts. She studied music at George Peabody College, later part of Vanderbilt University. Her mother Anne owned a silverplating business and was a professional singer, specializing in polka, who recorded her own record and had performed with Frankie Yankovic's band. At age 15, she hosted her own television program Teen Beat for Nashville station WLAC. In 1960, she received an award for her work from the Radio and Television Council of Middle Tennessee.

Career

True performed in a few pornographic films in Scandinavia in the 1960s and, by the end of the decade, began appearing in American adult films. Her first prominent role was in the film Head Nurse in 1972. In 1975, she directed her first pornographic film, Once Over Nightly. True, who by this time was trying to break into the music industry, chose to invest the money in recording a demo of "More, More, More", a song she had been working on with record producer Gregg Diamond, her partner in a project called The Andrea True Connection. Remixed by recording engineer Tom Moulton, "More, More, More" became a favorite in nightclubs. It reached no. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, no. 1 on the U.S. disco chart, and no. 1 on the national singles chart in Canada. It also peaked at no. 5 in the UK|width=23%|align=right|style=padding:8px;

By the time of her singing career, True admitted she was burned out and tired of porn, saying, "I'd rather be a waitress or a typist than make another adult film", and also, "Don't think of me as a porn star anymore, think of me as a recording star. I just want to record and perform". She was performing extensively and went on to play around 300 shows within a year from June 1976.

In early 1977, True released the single "N.Y., You Got Me Dancing". It became a considerable hit, reaching no. 27 on Billboards pop chart and no. 4 on the disco chart. In early 1978, she had another hit with "What's Your Name, What's Your Number", which peaked at no. 56 in the U.S. and no. 34 in the UK.

True never returned to the adult film industry and for some time performed in clubs in Florida. After that, a growth developed on her vocal cords that required surgery, essentially ending her singing ability.

Later years

In her later years, she was reported as working as a counselor for those struggling with substance abuse and an astrologer.

Discography

Albums

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details

! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions

|- style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="35" align="center" valign="top"|US

! width="35" align="center" valign="top"|CAN

! scope="row"| More, More, More

Released: 1976
Label: Buddah Records
Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download, streaming

| 47 || 49 || 57 || 39

! scope="row"| White Witch

Released: 1977
Label: Buddah Records
Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download, streaming

| — || — || — || —

! scope="row"| War Machine

Released: 1980
Label: Ricordi International
Formats: LP, cassette

| — || — || — || —

| colspan="15" style="font-size:8pt" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

|- style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="35"| US

! width="35"| GER

! width="35"| IRE

! width="35"| ITA

! width="35"| NZ

! width="35"| UK

|rowspan="2"|1976

| align="left"| "More, More, More"

| 4

| 1

| 23

| 19

| 1

| 9

| 6

| 24

| 25

| 5

| align="left" rowspan="2"| More, More, More

| align="left"| "Party Line"

| 80

| 4

| 95

| —

| 90

| —

|rowspan="2"| 1977

| align="left"| "N.Y., You Got Me Dancing"

| 27

| 4

| —

| 89

| —

| align="left" rowspan="2"| White Witch

| align="left"| "What's Your Name, What's Your Number"

| 56

| 9

| —

| 78

| —

| 15

| —

| 34

|1980

| align="left"| "War Machine"

| —

| align="left" rowspan="2"| War Machine

|1981

| align="left"| "Make My Music for Me"

| —