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Timi Yuro If - digitally remastered from the original

Timi Yuro "If" digitally remastered from the original album "The Amazing Timi Yuro". In 1964, a switch to Mercury Records failed to score any major hits, but Timi did record what she considered her finest album, the Quincy Jones-produced "The Amazing Timi Yuro". Born in Chigaco august 4th 1940, Rosemary Timotea Yuro the middle name stems from an Irish godfather, who wanted to call his godson Timothy. When the baby was a girl, he suggested she be named Timotea an Italian name for girls. Yuro was to achieve world-wide acclaim under her childhood nickname "Timi". Timi Yuro's top ten recording of "Hurt", that finally got her started as a professional, remains as one of the best vocal performances of 60's pop music. Timi Yuro is considered to be one of the first "blue-eyed" soul stylist of the rock-era, and the first white female artist to sing at New York's legendary's Apollo Theater in Harlem, and she was nominated for the Grammy Award Best New Artist in 1962. Yuro's most famous fan was probably Elvis Presley, who commanded his own table at the Las Vegas casino where Timi Yuro headlined in the late 60's. Impressed by her voice, Frank Sinatra asked Yuro to support him on his 1961 Australian tour. She sang the title tracks on the 1962 film "Satan Never Sleeps", and the 1968 film "Interlude". Timi Yuro returned to her Italian origins with the 1965 release "E poi verra 'l' autunno" - "Ti Credo", recorded for entry in Italy's San Remo festival. Timi reached the half final and won ...

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